FCIAC Football Blog

By now, most of the know the drill: We’re always looking for your Fairfield County Player of the Week nominations. You can click on this link to give us your Week 9 choice: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229VWKYJCN7.

Oh, of course you can lobby for a Player of the Week candidate by leaving a comment below, too.

Either way, we want to know why a player is deserving of the honor, so give us some stats and facts about the player’s Week 9 performance.

New Canaan receiver Kevin Macari has been named Fairfield County Player of the Week for the eighth week of the high school football season.

Against Greenwich, Macari had seven catches for 166 yards and touchdowns of 16 and 46 yards. He also caught the game-winning two-point conversion in New Canaan’s 35-34 come-from-behind victory.

Other candidates for the Fairfield County Player of the Week award were:

• Chris White, DT, New Canaan (12 tackles, 4 for a loss and two sacks)
• Mike Lefflbine, QB, Greenwich (10-18-0-151 passing, one passing touchdown, 33 rushing yards, one rushing touchdown)
• Bo McCarty, LB-TE, Ridgefield (11 tackles and a 9-yard reception on a key third down)
• Turner Baty, QB, New Canaan (23-35-1-329 passing, three touchdown passes and a 2-point conversion pass)
• Khairi Fortt, LB, Stamford (11 tackles, two sacks, 48-yard interception return for a touchdown)
• Silas Redd, RB-LB, King (31 carries for 332 rushing yards, five touchdowns, five tackles and an interception)
• Axel Lee, S, Central (10 solo tackles, 3 special teams tackles and a sack)

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.

So who’s it going to be this week? Of course if you’re a fan of the FCIAC Football Blog on Facebook, you can go ahead and nominate a candidate for the award, which is sponsored by BlueStreak Sports Training and presented by the FCIAC Football Blog.

My guess is there had to be a candidate coming in from the Trumbull defense. After all, the Eagles shut down a Central offense that had previously averaged 47 points per game.

Or will the performance come from someone on offense who didn’t score a point? New Canaan wide receiver Cody Newton had six grabs for 164 yards, including catch-and-runs of 55 and 56 yards, against Warde.

Maybe it’s Graham Maybell of Darien, who was a force on both sides of the ball with two rushing touchdowns and three interceptions against Wilton.

Or the Player of the Week may come from outside the FCIAC: Pomperaug running back Ben Crick had six carried for 116 yards, a 75-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, and threw a 33-yard touchdown pass against Bunnell.

Or maybe a player who has been a finalist each of the first three weeks will finally get the hardware: Greenwich quarterback Mike Lefflbine passed for three scores and ran for two more Friday at Danbury.

How about your two cents? Who deserves to be the Player of the Week?

Want to nominate someone for the BlueStreak Sports Training Player of the Week award? Fan the FCIAC Football Blog on Facebook and you will receive the privilege! The Week 2 ballot will be open until 9 p.m. today (Monday, Sept. 27), and you can access the ballot by fanning the FCIAC Football Blog here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FCIAC-Football-Blog/8521011629.

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.