FCIAC Football Blog

We all know how good Penn State-bound Silas Redd and future Boston College linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis are. But if you watched the King duo first-hand against eight other teams today at the Wilton Jamboree, your jaw would have dropped.

It was a show. A freak show. Silas Redd and Kevin Pierre-Louis are probably the two best players we’ll see in Fairfield County this season. Make that two of the best four: King classmate Eric Joyner was not unleashed today, and Stamford linebacker Khairi Fortt and his Stamford teammates were not at the scrimmage.

As Wilton head coach put it: “When I saw Redd hit the corner, no one in this entire town was going to stop him.”

Redd’s speed and acceleration made him a joy to watch. There was a spin-move against Norwalk that left the Bears defense in its tracks. And Pierre-Louis ran for a touchdown in which he stiff-armed a Bears player, then hurdled another on his way to pay dirt.

Now, there were some teams and individual players who were able to contain Redd annd Pierre-Louis, but that was few and far between.

Central’s defense was fired up for King when it had its 10 play series. Kind finally scored on a short run by Pierre-Louis, on the ninth play of the drive.

Then on the 10th, with Redd quarterbacking from the wildcat formation, he went 35-yards untouched for a score.

Best individual play against Redd: King quarterback Mike Serricchio hit Redd on a swing pass, but Redd was immediately hit and dropped for a loss by Ludlowe strong safety Steve Gasper.

King is the best team any of the FCIAC schools will face this season, in my honest opinion. And in return, the schools that King faced today are probably the best King will see, unless King returns to a New England prep school championship game again.