week 6 in review

There's no question that the team of the week resides in Wethersfield. It's not often that a team can pick up two wins, and move into playoff position (for the time being) all within 24 hours of each other.
But that is just what happened when the Eagles learned that Windsor would forfeit its win against them from the week before due to use of an ineligible player. Wethersfield then made the most of it by topping a good Bloomfield team on the road on Saturday, maintaining its hold on the fourth spot in Class MM.
Nice week for anybody.
It wasn't as positive for Wethersfield's rival Newington, as the Indians lost to a very impressive Bristol Eastern squad. People can stop asking whether the Lancers are for real. They are.
It would be wonderful if both Wethersfield and Newington could hold steady at one, or at most two losses, before their Thanksgiving Day game. I can only imagine, having covered the game in the pouring rain last year and seen the intensity from the players, what it would be like with the playoffs on the line for both.
Not much else to say around the CCC locally, except that New Britain and Southington took care of business without much trouble, even in the rain.
The Nutmeg conference is a free-for-all at this point after Berlin's surprising loss to Northwest Catholic. That leaves Middletown alone in first place and undefeated, while Berlin, Northwest and Rocky Hill all have one loss in conference. Matchups still remaining among the group: Berlin at Rocky Hill next week, Middletown at Northwest also next week, Berlin at Middletown (Nov. 10). This should be fun.
Rocky Hill's win over Plainville was one of the most exciting high school games I've seen in a while. Both teams made big plays, Plainville setting up short touchdowns with an interception and a blocked punt, and Rocky Hill stunning just about everybody with a 70-yard passing play to take the lead.
I'd like to once more applaud David Soltis for passing the Plainville career rushing mark. Some day the young fans at that game will enter the high school with dreams of passing Soltis. And I believe he would applaud them every step of the way.
Four games to go for all locals, and still a lot to be determined. Six teams still hold playoff aspirations. That's very impressive.

I went 4-3 with my picks this week. Thanks and congratulations to Farmington for keeping me from a sub-.500 effort with their narrow win over RHAM. That leaves me at 31-15 overall, and 3-3 in featured state games.