Connecticut High School Football Alliance announces 2023 schedule

The Connecticut High School Football Alliance, a crossover scheduling arrangement between six of the state’s eight CIAC football leagues, announced its 2023 schedule Friday.

There will be 88 games scheduled between the CCC, SCC, FCIAC, ECC, SWC and CTC. Seventy two games will be played in Week 1 (Sept. 7-9) and Week 3 (Sept. 21-23). the remaining 16 games will be played at various times throughout the year. The matchups, loosely based on recent performance, playoff class and availability, are determined by a committee of representatives.

This will be the sixth year of the arrangement.

Some of the notable games include:

In Week 1, Masuk at Killingly, a rematch of the 54-51 Killingly Class MM semifinal shootout victory; Darien at defending Class MM champion North Haven; defending Class SS champion Barlow (sans New Haven Register player of the Year Danny Shaban) at Class M semifinalist Jonathan Law (sans QB John Neider); St. Joseph at Newtown; West Haven at Staples;Trumbull at Hamden; defending Class L champion New Canaan at Shelton; and Fairfield Prep at Greenwich, a Class LL championship rematch.

In Week 3, Class LL champion Greenwich at Class L runner-up Maloney; Class S runner-up Bloomfieldat Masuk; Windsor at New Canaan; defending Class M champion Notre Dame-West Haven at St. Joseph; Fairfield Prep at Darien; Staples at Southington; Newtown at Trumbull.

There’s also a Week 2 Killingly at Notre DameWest Haven matchup of two Class-M-ish finalists, albeit in different divisions (Killingly, runner up in MM; NDWH champ of M).

Here’s the complete lineup:

Christian Abraham/Hearst Connecticut Media Greenwich’s Jack Konigsberg (5) is taken down during the CIAC Class LL championship against Fairfield Prep at Rentschler Field in East Hartford on Dec. 10. The teams will meet again in Week 1 to start next season.

The Joel Barlow football team celebrates after defeating Valley Regional/Old Lyme for the CIAC Class SS championship at Arute Field in New Britain on Dec. 10. The Falcons will open their season at Class M semifinalst Jonathan Law in an alliance game. Dave Stewart/Hearst Connecticut Media

Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media New Canaan Coach Lou Marinelli is carried from the field on the shoulders of players Javier Perez-Soto, left, and Will Pepe following their 16-13 victory over Maloney in the CIAC Class L championship at CCSU’s Arute Field in New Britain on Dec. 10. The Rams will open their season at Shelton in an alliance game.