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Bridgeport Central quarterback/defensive back Christon Gill sent his video highlights out to a bunch of colleges and reporters last week. This is the preseason and the first five games of the regular season. It’s nine minutes long, so you know there’s a lot of highlights.
I will be posting Stamford linebacker Patrick Atkinson’s highlights later this week, probably tomorrow or Friday.
Got a highlight reel? Let me know.
New Canaan quarterback Turner Baty is the Fairfield County Player of the Week for Week 6.
Against previously undefeated St. Joseph, Baty completed 22 of 35 passes for 335 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Rams to a 35-25 win.
Other Week 6 nominees included:
Candidates for the Fairfield County Player of the Week award are nominated either direct from their coaches, by media recommendations or by fans of the FCIAC Football Blog on Facebook.
The Fairfield County Player of the Week Award is sponsored by BlueStreak Sports Training and supported by 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?
OK, I still have footage from the Wilton Jamboree. This one’s starting to gain traction on YouTube: It’s the Bridgeport Central Hilltoppers offense vs. the King Vikings Defense. Central did well against King: Here’s you’ll see quarterback Christon Gill hit Sean Mansfield for one touchdown (and my camera hit the shoulder pad of a Hilltopper on the sidelines), then running back Dominick Luckey break through the line for a score.
Everyone knows Bridgeport Central is a team that is going to come at you on defense, and they do strike fear into their opponents. They did not back down to the Division I star powered King Offense at the Wilton Jamboree.
Teams scrimmaged each other for 20 plays: 10 on offense and 10 on defense. Here’s King’s offensive series against Central’s defense.
For eight plays, Central kept King out of the end zone. Then Kevin Pierre-Louis scored on a short run on play nine. The 10th play though was a classic King play: Pierre-Louis and Eric Joyner in the backfield with Silas Redd as the quarterback in the Wildcat set.
Redd kept the ball and got to the end zone untouched.
Perhaps the quietest recruiting story ever in Fairfield County belongs to Bridgeport Central quarterback-cornerback Christon Gill. He said today he expects to announce where he will attend college before September 12, and those choices have been narrowed to UConn, Maryland and Penn State.
Why September 12? Gill said he wants to get the decision out of the way so he can concentrate on his senior season.
Rutgers was looking at Gill as a wide receiver, and he would be teamed with Bunnell grad Mark Harrison. Maryland and Penn State – as well as Temple – see him as a corner. And UConn is recruiting Gill as an athlete (and yes, quarterback has net been ruled out by UConn head coach Randy Edsall).
Gill was rated Penn State’s top recruit at corner, and as he put it, holding a hand out by his forehead, Penn State was looking at a bunch of small recruits.
And Gill hinted Penn State may be the choice. He’s friends with Stamford’s Khairi Fortt and Silas Redd – the King School running back who has already given a verbal to the Nittany Lions. And the three would like to go to college together. So you can put two and two together, especially since Fortt is the top linebacker recruit in the country right now.
But Gill said Fortt may actually be looking south, and that Georgia and North Carolina have become part of Fortt’s Top three.
Talk about an equipment malfunction. The Mini DV I used today to record interviews with Bullard-Havens head coach John Johnson, Harding head coach James Morris and Central quarterback Christon Gill was destroyed while it was being uploaded to my computer.
Remember those old cassette tapes that would snap in your car stereo and unravel all over the place? Yeah, kinda like that.
I’ll still have posts, but I just wanted to apologize to Morris and Gill, who I put on the spot. An for Johnson… his footage survived.
Yep, the beginning of football season is less than a week away for a handful of schools. Ridgefield and a few others elected not to do spring football, and can start its conditioning week Wednesday, August 19. For everyone else, conditioning week begins Monday, August 24.
With that in mind, the first scrimmages of the year will take place Saturday, August 29. Here are some involving local teams that will help tide you over until the regular season kicks off Sept. 16 (based on what’s on the CIAC master schedule):
Saturday, August 29, New Fairfield at Ridgefield: Is there life for the Tigers after Matt White, and how will it include transfer DeVaghn Millington? One look at his junior year highlight reel and you can tell he’s going to be a game-breaker.
Tuesday, Sept. 1, Bethel at Danbury: The Dan Donovan era begins for the Hatters.
Wednesday, Sept. 2, Seymour at Bridgeport Central: Will senior leader Christon Gill live up to his Division I hype? And for that matter, will he see some reps as a receiver?
Wednesday, Sept. 2, Bunnell at Staples: Was 2008 just a lost year for both programs?
Wednesday, Sept. 2, Fairfield Prep at Fairfield Warde: New head coaches in William Pinto and Duncan Dellavolpe, new spread offenses, new outlooks expected.
Saturday, Sept. 5, Stamford at Holy Cross: Could be the first chance to see Khairi Fortt this season.
Friday, Sept. 11, Masuk at Darien: Let’s see how quick this becomes “New London West” vs. Darien. Final tune-up for both teams.
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