Norwalk to win 49-21, have all but officially clinched a state playoff spot in the Class. The Blue Wave, which roared back from a 21-20 halftime deficit vs. It also left Darien (8-0) as the last unbeaten in Class LL.
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“What you’ve seen on this roller coaster ride is a combination of them learning on the job and us learning mentally on how to handle this competition,” Hellstern said. Though defensively strong, Prep’s offense sputtered in the Week 4 loss to Greenwich - a team Shelton had just beaten 35-14 the prior week. Prep roared past Hand in the opener 29-16, only to get rescued from Hillhouse by three blocked punts in a 20-13 Week 2 win. Hellstern sees talent in this team, but says it’s taken much more time to develop because there wasn’t a 2020 season. Hellstern, who has taken two Fairfield Prep teams to the state playoffs, believes he would have had one of his best squads had Connecticut played in 2020.Īs it was, he saw two of his best players move to Texas and earn NCAA FBS scholarships playing for Texas 6A champion Westlake-Austin - linebacker Nick Morris, now at Duke, and Connor Robertson, a Texas commit. We’re trying to make the most out of this one.” “That’s the greatest compliment I can give to my team is that they keep working to get better every week, especially after losing the 2020 season. “It’s something we’re proud of, but that we’re not satisfied with and that is the truth because they’ve worked so hard to get to this point and they want to keep trying to improve. “That’s a credit to the kids and my coaching staff,” said Keith Hellstern, now in his sixth season as head coach. This group has won four straight since a 14-7 loss to Greeniwch, has shut out four teams overall and has only allowed one opponent - Notre Dame-West Haven on Oct. That year, Prep opened the season with shutouts over Sheehan (47-0), Guilford (53-0) and East Haven. That famous result - which contributed to the SCC realigning by size in 2004 - was also the last time Fairfield Prep had won three-straight games by shutout. The 54-point margin was Prep’s largest since beating East Haven 75-0 in 2003. It was easily one of Fairfield Prep’s most thorough victories in decades and came against a Shelton program the Jesuits had only beaten four times in 20 meetings since the rivalry began in 1994, including a 49-14 wipeout with a playoff berth on the line in 2019. The defense held Shelton to just one first down, 21 total yards and forced two fumbles that led to touchdowns in a 23-point first quarter that included a stripped fumble return touchdown by Tymaine Smith and a sack by junior Sean Donohue that became a safety. That might have been the understatement of the night. Our coaches game-planned perfectly for them. “This was a huge deal for us because it could have been our last home game. “Everybody prepared for this like it was their last game,” said University of Pennsylvania-bound lineman Ryan O’Connell, who fiercely led a smothering defensive effort.
The Jesuits are presently seeded second in Class LL. But now that could change if the Jesuits (7-1) manage to finish their regular season with two more wins over Xavier (5-3) and West Haven (7-1), virtually assuring themselves a spot in the Class LL playoffs as one of the top four seeds. Indeed, it was fifth-ranked Fairfield Prep’s last scheduled home game of the year. 6-ranked Gaels to an eye-popping score of 53-0 Friday night. And then the team went out and played like it, crushing the No.
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