high school football

It may be April, but Sacred Heart football will play for a conference championship this weekend. The Pioneers are the only team in the state to opt in to a spring college football season and now they have a chance to make it count. “It’s been challenging,” said Sacred Heart football head coach Mike Nofri. “You know we haven’t...

Thanksgiving is usually starts with a busy morning of all the best high school football rivalry games in the state. In 2020, football field are quiet. So NBC Connecticut took a look back at what some would say is the greatest high school football rivalry in the country and even those who might not want to say that, can at…

NBC Connecticut took a look back at what some would say is the greatest high school football rivalry in the country and even those who might not want to say that, can at least agree it’s the oldest.

It’s a rivalry usually reserved for Thanksgiving, but Saturday’s October contest between Platt and Maloney might have meant more than any of their other previous matchups. “We came out here, we did our best as a team,” said Maloney senior running back James Tarver. “Being able to play football right now with so many towns not being able to...