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:

2023 CT Football Alliance matchups

WEEK 1 (Sept. 7-9) Weaver (ECC) at Weston (SWC) Lewis Mills (CCC) at Montville (ECC) Stonington (ECC) at Northwest Catholic (CCC)

Bethel (SWC) at Bacon Academy (ECC)

Sheehan (SCC) at Ledyard (ECC) Waterford (ECC) at Notre Dame-Fairfield (SWC)

Barlow (SWC) at Jonathan Law (SCC) East Catholic (CCC) at Griswold/ Wheeler (ECC)

New Fairfield (SWC) at Windham (ECC)

Bridgeport Central (FCIAC) at Platt Tech (CTC)

Brookfield (SWC) at ATI co-op (CTC) Pomperaug (SWC) at Bullard Havens/ Kolbe co-op (CTC)

Quinebaug Valley co-op (CTC) at Woodstock Academy (ECC)

Northwest United co-op (CTC) at East

Lyme (ECC)

New London (ECC) at Stratford (SWC) Bunnell (SWC) at Hand (SCC) Wilton (FCIAC) at Berlin (CCC) Masuk (SWC) at Killingly (ECC) Darien at North Haven (SCC) Wilbur Cross (SCC) at Norwalk (FCIAC) McMahon (FCIAC) at Amity (SCC) Newington (CCC) at Westhill (FCIAC) Xavier (SCC) at Warde (FCIAC) Ludlowe (FCIAC) at Simsbury (CCC) St. Joseph (FCIAC) at Newtown (SWC) Norwich Free Academy (ECC) at Stamford (FCIAC)

West Haven (SCC) at Staples (FCIAC) Trumbull (FCIAC) at Hamden (SCC) Fairfield Prep (SCC) at Greenwich (FCIAC)

Glastonbury (CCC) at Danbury (FCIAC) New Canaan (FCIAC) at Shelton (SCC) Cheshire (SCC) at Ridgefield (FCIAC) Notre Dame-West Haven (SCC) at New Milford (SWC)

Fitch (ECC) at Thames River co-op (CTC)

WEEK 2 (Sept. 14-16)

Killingly (ECC) at Notre Dame-West Haven (SCC)

Hamden (SCC) at Norwich Free Academy (ECC)

WEEK 3 (Sept. 21-23) Plainville (CCC) at Bethel (SWC) Greenwich (FCIAC) at Maloney (CCC) Bloomfield (CCC) at Masuk (SWC) Staples (FCIAC) at Southington (CCC)

Fairfield Prep (SCC) at Darien (FCIAC)

Ridgefield (FCIAC) at West Haven (SCC)

Windsor (CCC) at New Canaan (FCIAC)

Manchester (CCC) at McMahon (FCIAC)

Notre Dame-West Haven (SCC) at St. Joseph (FCIAC) Wethersfield (CCC) at Shelton (SCC) Newtown (SWC) at Trumbull (FCIAC) Glastonbury (CCC) at Cheshire (SCC) Hamden (SCC) at Ludlowe (FCIAC) New Britain (CCC) at Norwich Free Academy (ECC)

New Milford (SWC) at Middletown (CCC)

Danbury (FCIAC) at East Hartford (CCC)

Enfield (CCC) at Westhill (FCIAC) Norwalk (FCIAC) at Hall (CCC) Bridgeport Central (FCIAC) at South Windsor (CCC)

Stamford (FCIAC) at Simsbury (CCC) Harding (SCC) at Pomperaug (SWC) Warde (FCIAC) at Bristol Central (CCC)

North Haven (SCC) at Fitch (ECC) Platt (CCC) at Wilton (FCIAC) Berlin (CCC) at Bunnell (SWC) RHAM (CCC) at Guilford (SCC) Bristol Eastern (CCC) at Hillhouse (SCC)

E.O. Smith (CCC) at New London (ECC)

Stratford (SWC) at Farmington (CCC) Bassick (SCC) at Brookfield (SWC) Avon (CCC) at East Lyme (ECC) Hartford Public (CCC) at Branford (SCC)

Northwest Catholic (CCC) at East Haven (SCC)

Foran (SCC) at New Fairfield (SWC) Lyman Hall (SCC) at East Catholic (CCC)

Notre Dame-Fairfield (SWC) at Lewis Mills (CCC)

Weston (SWC) at Tolland (CCC) Rocky Hill (CCC) at Barlow (SWC)

WEEK 5 (Oct. 5-7)

ATI co-op (CTC) at Bethel (SWC) Northwest United co-op (CTC) at Stratford (SWC)

WEEK 6 (Oct. 12-14)

Woodstock Academy (ECC) at Foran (SCC)

East Haven (SCC) at Platt Tech (CTC) Bassick (SCC) at Bullard Havens/ Kolbe co-op (CTC)

Thames River co-op (CTC) at Killingly (ECC)

WEEK 8 (Oct. 26-28)

Hillhouse (SCC) at Fitch (ECC) Norwich Free Academy (ECC) at Harding (SCC)

West Haven (SCC) at Newtown (SWC)

Bethel (SWC) at Woodstock Academy (ECC)

New London (ECC) at Bassick (SCC)

WEEK 9 (Nov. 2-4)

East Lyme (ECC) at Guilford (SCC) Tolland (CCC) at Lyman Hall (SCC)

WEEK 11 (6-18)

Shelton (SCC) at Wilton (FCIAC)

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.

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.