King is playing in its second-straight New England Prep School Athletic Council championship game this Saturday. Its opponent in the Del Prete-Theobold Bowl is Suffield Academy, and game time is 1 p.m. at Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford.

Kingswood-Oxford is the site of last year’s bowl game loss by King, to the hands of Milton Academy.

By the way, there will be at least one familiar face on the Suffield Academy roster. Nick DiRubio, who was BlueStreak Sports Training’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2008, is doing a post-grad year at Suffield Academy, and is playing both linebacker and center.

Also, former FCIAC players Frank Granito (New Canaan) and Richie Edwards (Trumbull) will lead Canterbury up to Easthampton, MA to participate in NEPCAC’s Austin Bowl. Canterbury will play New Hampton in a 1 p.m. game Saturday.

Edwards is Canterbury’s leading rusher, and Granito leads the team with seven interceptions.

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Masuk RB-DB Chris Cosmedy earned the BlueStreak Sports Training Fairfield County Player of the Week Award for his performance Oct. 24 against Bunnell.

Cosmedy had 11 carries for 126 yards an 2 touchdowns (44 and 33 yards) on offense, plus five tackles and an interception in the Panthers’ 42-20 win on the road at previously undefeated Bunnell.

Players are nominated both by football coaches representing teams in Fairfield County. A mimimum of five nominees from a weekly fan poll are also included on a ballot, and the Player of the Week is then selected by members of the Fairfield County sports media community.

Chris Hines, who was Player of the Week in Week Four, was the runner up. He had 26 carries for 284 yards and three touchdowns (6, 81, and 3 yards), plus a 20-yards touchdown reception vs. Danbury in Week Seven.

Nominees included Vince Carter, RB-DB, Trinity Catholic; Kareem Cope, QB, Wright Tech/Stamford Academy; Jake Devellis, QB, Newtown; Nick DiRubio, DE, New Canaan; Frank Granito, DB, New Canaan; Tommy McNamara, FB-LB, Warde; Luke Oczkowski, RB, St. Joseph; and Kevin Pierre-Lewis, FB-LB, King.

The award is presented by the FCIAC Football Blog.

The following media members voted: Rob Adams (WGCH-AM), Bill Bloxsom (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers), Jon Chik (Norwalk Citizen-News), Scott Ferrari (Greenwich Citizen), Andy Hutchison (Newtown Bee), John Nash (The Stamford Times), Ken Morse (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers), Eliot Schickler (Westport News), Paul Silverfarb (Greenwich Post), Dave Stewart (New Canaan Advertiser), Rob Sullivan (Minuteman Newspapers/Bridgeport Banner), Michael Suppe (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers).

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Brookfield quarterback Jordan Burandt has been named BlueStreak Sports Training’s Fairfield County Player of the Week for his Week 5 performance against Masuk.

Burandt completed 21 of 36 passes for 364 yards and four touchdowns and was picked off twice in the Bobcats’ 31-24 upset win over the Panthers, who were ranked fifth in the State Coaches Poll.

Other Week 5 nominees included Nick DiRubio (New Canaan), Chris Evans (Stamford), Kyle Finnegan (Ludlowe), Adler Florian (Westhill), Gaquawn Henderson (Wright Tech/Stamford Academy), Brian Kosnik (Darien), Kevin Pierre-Louis (King) and Joe Scalzo (Brunswick).

Players are nominated both by football coaches representing teams in Fairfield County. A mimimum of five nominees from a weekly fan poll are also included on a ballot, and the Player of the Week is then selected by members of the Fairfield County sports media community.

The award is presented by the FCIAC Football Blog.

The following media members voted: The following media members voted: Rob Adams (WGCH-AM), Bill Bloxsom (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers), Zachary Eastright (WSTC-AM/WNLK-AM), Dan Farrand (News-Times), Scott Ferrari (Greenwich Citizen), Andy Hutchison (Newtown Bee), Jason A. Intrieri (FCIAC Football Blog Live), John Nash (The Stamford Times), Ken Morse (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers), Jesse Quinlan (Greenwich Time), Dave Ruden (Stamford Advocate), Eliot Schickler (Westport News), Dave Stewart (New Canaan Advertiser), Rob Sullivan (Minuteman Newspapers/Bridgeport Banner), Michael Suppe (Hersam-Acorn Newspapers).

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