FCIAC Football Blog

Voting has begun for the Fairfield County Player of the Year Award. You can meet the candidates and read all the rules here.

You can vote for multiple candidates, but you can only vote for one candidate per IP Address. So that means you can’t sit at a computer all day and vote for your favorite player.

BlueStreak Sports Training is the sponsor of the Fairfield County Player of the Year Award, and we hope you also choose to support the American Diabetes Association by making a donation on your candidate’s behalf (please note, a donation is not required if you want to cast a vote).

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King School running back Silas Redd is the BlueStreak Sports Training Player of the Week for Week One of the 2009 season.

Redd, who has committed to play at Penn State, ran for 264 yards on 10 carries in King’s 40-20 win over Hopkins. Redd scored on runs of 88, 65 and 71 yards.

Other players nominated for the award by their coaches include New Canaan lineman Conor Hanratty, Warde WR-DB Craig Lowery and Ridgefield LB Alex Howard.

Players for the weekly award are nominated by their coaches. A nominee is then chosen by a committe formed by BlueStreak Sports Training and the FCIAC Football Blog.

Week One is just about in the books. So now we need a BlueStreak Sports Training Player of the Week.

Tyler Matakevich of St. Joseph was an unstoppable force in his team’s 37-0 win over Crosby. Ian Ratchford had a great night passing and running for Danbury. Christon Gill was a one-man wrecking crew for Central against Ludlowe. And Silas Redd… he was Silas Redd, with 262 rushing yards on 10 carries.

Now the players on the honor roll are nominated by the coaches, and the Player of the Week is voted on by a committee. But of course we want your input.

So go ahead and tell us: Who would YOU choose for the award in Week One? Go to The Board and give us your two cents. Are any of the above mentioned the top candidates, or is someone else out there this week’s BlueStreak Sports Training Player of the Week?

Conditioning Week is still a few weeks away, but MaxPreps already has a video preview of Connecticut high school football on its site. The video can’t be embedded, but it can be accessed here.

Of course the video, hosted by MaxPrep’s Steve Montoya, leads off with New Canaan, the defending FCIAC and Class MM champion and the state’s top-ranked team. The interesting thing though is Montoya doesn’t mention any returning players, only that Lou Marinelli’s teams reload.

Now you have to wonder about the added pressure for New Canaan to reload when you have the state’s biggest target on your back. There’s not going to be a lot of love for the Rams this season. Remember when Ansonia lost to Crosby last season, or when Greenwich lost its first game of the season to Darien? That’s the kind of shot-heard-around-Connecticut you’ll hear when (and if) New Canaan loses its first game of 2009.

Other teams mentioned in the video are Hamden, Glastonbury, Seymour and… Stamford. Montoya does not give the Black Knights claim to the FCIAC throne. But he does talk about linebacker Khairi Fortt, who will soon decide which top Division I program will have his services starting in 2010.