Football state championship weekend results

Football state championship weekend results

RB Quintez Whittle scored four touchdowns in Ansonia’s 58-12 win over Bloomfield Dec. 13 for the 2024 CIAC Class S state title.

Photo by Riley Klein

The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference football championship games were held Dec. 13 and 14, crowning new state champs in the six class divisions.

Teams are matched into classes based on school enrollment size from the previous academic year, as well as co-op status and past performance. The eight teams with the best record in each class qualify for postseason tournaments (48 qualifying teams in total).

In the title game for Class LL, Greenwich High School blanked West Haven High School 14-0. Greenwich won its second state title in the past three years and its 10th in school history.

In a repeat of last year’s Class L championship, New Canaan High School defeated Darien High School for the second year in a row. New Canaan’s 35-21 victory marked the school’s third straight Class L crown.

In the title game for Class MM, Masuk High School stunned top seeded Windsor High School 24-21. It was Masuk’s first state championship since 2010 and third in school history. Windsor was previously undefeated this year and had won the semifinal game 50-0.

In the Class M championship game, St. Joseph High School won a 21-20 nailbiter against Brookfield High School. St. Joseph was up 21-0 in the third quarter, but undefeated Brookfield responded with three consecutive touchdowns. Brookfield was unsuccessful on a two-point conversion attempt with one minute to play and the game ended. St. Joseph took home a state trophy for the 16th time in school history, most recently in 2019.

In the title game for Class SS, Killingly High School won 48-33 over Sheehan High School. Killingly has appeared in five championship games in the last seven years and has won three of them.

In the championship for Class S, Ansonia High School defeated reigning champions Bloomfield High School 58-12. The win marked Ansonia’s 22nd all-time state championship with 33 total title appearances, the most in state history.

Ansonia defeated Woodland Regional High School 30-23 in the Class S semifinals. Woodland and Ansonia were the only two Naugatuck Valley League teams to advance beyond the quarterfinal round in any class this year. JFK High School (LL), Naugatuck (L), Torrington (MM) and Watertown (M) each lost in the first round.

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