Stratford High Hires Svatik as New Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Connecticut HIgh School Football Huddle

After 23-years away from the high school game, John Svatik has been hired as the new head football coach at Stratford.

GreenwichTime.com reports that Svatlik, who spent the last two years as an assistant at the University of New Hampshire, was chosen from a group of 20 applicants.

Immaculata Taps Bellagamba as New Football Coach

by Jeff Fisher
Connecticut High School Football Huddle
Gary Bellagamba is the new head football coach at Immaculata.

The Ridgfield Press reports that Bellagamba, who is a lifelong resident of Ridgefield, has a big rebuilding job in front of him after only five wins in the last three seasons.

Connecticut - 2010 National Signing Day

Alexander Amidon (Hotchkiss School) WR - Boston College
Dominic Appiah (Cheshire Academy) DL - Boston College
Robert Bowman (Notre Dame) OL/DL - New Hampshire
Andrew Clements (Pomperaug) S/QB - Central Connecticut St.
Khairi Fortt (Stamford) LB - Penn St.
Taylor Fuller (Bunnell) OL - Central Connecticut St.
Victor Harris (Windsor) DE - Central Connecticut St.
Jalen Hill (Bloomfield) WR - Central Connecticut St.
Byron Jones (St. Paul) DB - Connecticut
Denzell Jones (Bloomfield) QB - Central Connecticut St.
Tebucky Jones (New Britain) WR - Connecticut
Eric Joyner (King & Low Heywood Thomas) RB/DB - New Hampshire
Rory Kennedy (New Milford) TE/DE - Central Connecticut St.
Kevin Kucinskas (Simsbury) LB - Central Connecticut St.
Chris Linares (New Britain) DB - Central Connecticut St.
Kevin Pierre-Louis (King & Low Heywood Thomas) LB - Boston College
Silas Reed (King & Low Heywood Thomas) RB - Penn St.
Hayden Stanton (Xavier) DL/OL - Central Connecticut St.
Sean Sylvia (Cheshire Academy) DB - Boston College

Vinal Tech and East Hampton Form New Connecticut High School Football Team

by Jeff Fisher
Connecticut High School Football Huddle

The Middletown Press is reporting that Vinal Tech and East Hampton High are forming a cooperative team that will begin playing JV football in the fall and then a varsity schedule in 2011.

The move was needed because Vinal Tech's cooperative with Coginchaug ended at the end of the 2010 season because Coginchaug had too many players under state rules. Vinal Tech/Coginchaug qualified for the Class MM playoffs in 2009...losing 39-0 to East Lyme in the state semifinals.