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Madaffari Named Finalist For High School Heisman
McMahon High School senior one of 11 finalists for prestigious award.
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1.McMahon's Madaffari named finalist for high school Heisman award
McMahon senior Chris Madaffari has been named as one of the 11 finalists from around the country for the Wendy's Male High School Heisman Award. The winner will be announced during ESPN's telecast of the college Heisman Memorial Trophy presentation on Dec. 10.
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Rockville's Jennifer Mears was selected as a finalist for the female high school Heisman award.
The other finalists come from Texas, Oregon, Nevada, Maryland, Ohio, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Florida.
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Awarded in conjunction with the collegiate Heisman, the Wendy's High School Heisman, now in its 18th year, has set the standard for high school student-athletes. The award recognizes hard work, dedication and execellence in athletics, academics and community leadership.
National finalists will be featured during a televised ceremony on ESPN networks and will receive gold medals and $2,000 awards for their high schools.
In addition, one male and one female national winner will each receive a Wendy's High School Heisman trophy and a donation from Wendy's in the amount of $10,000 to their high school.
A cross country standout, Madaffari is the son of McMahon athletic director Joe Madaffari.
2. Norwalk Football To Face McMahon on Thanksgiving
The Norwalk-McMahon football game on Thanksgiving is always big. For the Bears, however, this year's game rates as the school's biggest football contest in 13 years.
Norwalk (7-1) can clinch its first state tournament berth since 1998 with a win over the Senators in the annual game, which will be played this year at Jack Casagrande Field on Thursday at 10 a.m.
After an abbreviated nine week schedule, the Bears are sixth in the Class LL rankings. A loss likely would knock them out of playoff contention, although not mathematically.
But if Norwalk falls, there are eight two-loss teams that could jump over the Bears, including FCIAC rivals Greenwich, Ridgefield and even Stamford.
FRIDAY'S RESULTS
No games scheduled
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Boys soccer
Trumbull 3, Norwalk 1, Class LL semifinals
Field hockey
Cheshire 1, Norwalk 0, Class L finals
MONDAY'S SCHEDULE
No games scheduled
STANDINGS
- Football
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A Norwalk 7-1 226-120 7-1 226-120 Ridgefield 7-2 271-176 7-2 271-176 Stamford
6-2 268-124 6-2 268-124 McMahon 3-6 234-208 3-6 234-208 Harding 2-6 77-235 2-6 77-235 Fairfield Ludlowe 0-9 72-339 0-9 72-339 East Division FCIAC Record
FCIAC Points F/A Overall Record
Overall Points F/A New Canaan 8-1 331-158 8-1 331-158 Darien
8-1 285-165 8-1 285-165 Wilton
5-4 287-226 5-4 287-226 Fairfield Warde 4-5 212-204 4-5 212-204 St. Joseph 3-6 167-242 3-6 167-242 Trinity Catholic 3-6 173-240 3-6 173-240 Bassick 0-9 74-343 0-9 74-343
- Boys soccer
6-7-3 21 St. Joseph 2-11-3 9 Trinity Catholic 2-13-1 7
- Girls soccer
Field hockey
West DivisionFCIAC Record Points
Staples 7-2-3-1 18 Stamford 8-4-1-0 17 Greenwich 3-5-3-2 11 Westhill 5-7-1-0 11 Ridgefield 0-6-5-2 7 Danbury 3-10-0-0 6 Trumbull 0-12-1-0 1 East Division Darien 13-0-0-0 26 Wilton 11-2-0-0 22 Norwalk 10-2-1-0 21 New Canaan 8-4-1-0 17 Fairfield Ludlowe 5-6-1-1 12 McMahon 4-7-2-0 10 Fairfield Warde 3-6-3-1 10
Girls volleyball
West Division Record Staples 16-2 Greenwich 14-4 Danbury 12-6 Westhill 11-7 Trumbull 8-10 Bridgeport Central 1-17 Central Division Ridgefield 16-2 Stamford 12-6 Fairfield Ludlowe11-7 Brien McMahon 5-13 Norwalk 3-15 Harding 1-17 East Division Darien 18-0 New Canaan
14-4 Fairfield Warde 9-9 Trinity Catholic 7-11 St. Joseph
7-11 Wilton 5-13 Bassick 0-18
