week 7 in review

As Maxwell Smart would say (for all you kids that's a TV reference), "missed it by that much". But a 5-1 week is still pretty good.
Things are looking a lot darker for the Rocky Hill Terriers and Wethersfield Eagles unfortunately. The Terriers have virtually no chance at a league title, and their only hope of a state tournament berth depends on somebody pulling off a huge upset of Northwest Catholic. And that's just for starters.
Meanwhile, the Eagles still have a shot at the playoffs, but lost a very winnable game at Hall with much tougher games against Conard, Weaver and Newington left on the slate. I think Wethersfield's magic run might have come to an end for the season.
Berlin put itself back into a tie for first in the Nutmeg with its win over Rocky Hill, which was one of the cleanest played games I've ever seen. There were just three penalties, and it was a really good game. Berlin was the better team, but not by a lot. All of this led to sustained drives and chances for teams to make big plays, as the Redcoats did just a couple times more.
Herald writer Ken Lipshez had a lot to say about the 64-38 Newington over Platt game he was at. But I couldn't begin to talk about it really, other than to say Newington's coaches sounded quite upset at the defensive play. With some tough games still remaining for them as well, that needs to change.
Can either Southington or New Britain play a tough game some time here? I'd like to talk about the teams but their wins over Simsbury and Manchester were so expected I really thought nothing about either. So much for the CCC realignment of four years ago making better schedules for the teams at the top. These two are so far better than the rest of the CCC North right now, it will be hard for either to adjust to the level of play should they reach the playoffs.

That brings me to 36-16 on the year, and 4-3 in state games.