FCIAC and SCC set for football challenge

Written by FCIAC
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 18:00

The Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference and Southern Connecticut Conference have finalized the football match-ups for the “SCC-FCIAC Challenge,” which begins next season.

The agreement between the two high school conferences will include 48 football games during the next two years. The 2013 and 2014 football seasons have an extra week, and the open slot will be filled with the Challenge games.

The majority of the games will be played in week one, with contests being held Wednesday through Saturday. Home teams have not been determined for the 2013 season, but teams that host games next fall will be the visiting teams in 2014.

Four teams — two from each league, will not participate in the SCC-FCIAC Challenge. From the FCIAC, Norwalk will play Westhill in a non-conference game in week one. From the SCC, Amity will play Seymour, while Branford will play against a yet to be determined opponent.

Nine teams from the two leagues, including five from the FCIAC, are playing in the CIAC tournaments this fall. Those FCIAC teams include Staples, Greenwich, New Canaan, St. Joseph and Trinity Catholic, and the playoff teams from the SCC are Hand, Xavier, Hillhouse, and West Haven.

Week One Schedule (FCIAC teams listed first)

New Canaan vs. Daniel Hand

Staples vs. Xavier

Darien vs. Hillhouse

Ridgefield vs. Cheshire

Greenwich vs. West Haven

St. Joseph vs. Notre Dame-West Haven

Bridgeport Central vs. North Haven

Trumbull vs. Shelton

Stamford vs. Fairfield Prep

Danbury vs. Hamden

Wilton vs. Guilford

Fairfield Warde vs. Foran

Trinity Catholic vs. Sheehan

Brien McMahon vs. Wilbur Cross

Fairfield Ludlowe vs. Lyman Hall

Bassick vs. East Haven

Harding vs. Jonathan Law

The schedule also features seven games between the two conferences after week one, as teams fill their bye weeks.

Here’s the schedule for the rest of the season:

Week 2: St. Joseph vs. Fairfield Prep

Week 3: Wilton vs. Branford

Week 4: Ridgefield vs. Notre Dame-West Haven

Week 5: Trinity Catholic vs. Foran

Week 8: Fairfield-Warde vs. Sheehan

Week 9: Fairfield Ludlowe vs. East Haven

Week 10: Darien vs. North Haven