Dates and times have been announced for the 2013 football games between the Southern Connecticut Conference and the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, the first of a two-year agreement called the SCC-FCIAC Challenge.

Seventeen games will be played during the opening week next September. SCC commissioner Al Carbone said the games will be spread out over four days, mainly due to the Yom Kippur holiday that falls on Sept. 13, 2013. There are also seven additional bye week games between the two conferences that will be held throughout next season.

2013 SCC-FCIAC CHALLENGE

WEEK 1
Wednesday, Sept. 11

Hillhouse at Darien, 3 p.m.

Fairfield Prep at Stamford, 6 p.m.

Cheshire at Ridgefield, 7 p.m.

Law vs. Harding at Kennedy Stadium, 6 p.m.

Fairfield Warde at Foran, 7 p.m.

New Canaan at Hand, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 12

Staples at Xavier, 6 p.m.

North Haven at Bridgeport Central, 6 p.m.

West Haven at Greenwich, 7 p.m.

Trumbull at Shelton, 7 p.m.

Danbury at Hamden, 7 p.m.

Wilton at Guilford, 7 p.m.

Bassick at East Haven, 7 p.m.

Fairfield Ludlowe at Lyman Hall, 7 p.m.

Wilbur Cross at McMahon, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 13

Trinity Catholic at Sheehan, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 14

Notre Dame-West Haven at St. Joseph, 1 p.m.

BYE WEEK GAMES

Friday, Sept. 20: St. Joseph at Fairfield Prep, 6 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 27: Branford at Wilton, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4: Ridgefield at Notre Dame-West Haven, 7 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12: Foran at Trinity Catholic, 1:30 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 1: Sheehan at Fairfield Warde, 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 8: East Haven at Fairifield Ludlowe, 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 15: Darien at North Haven, 7 p.m.

Hillhouse placed fourth and Career was seventh.
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Hillhouse sophomore Kellie Davis was third in the 1,000 and fifth in both the 1,600 and 3,200.

Career's Paris Taft won the 600.

"She (Taft) did real well," Career coach Kareem Jackson said. "She's a hard worker. That's the type of kid you want on your team. She'll listen to everything you say. When you tell her anything, she does it. That type of work ethic comes out on the track."

Career’s Ashley Raymond was second in the high jump and fourth in the long jump. Teammate Briana Conyers finished fifth in both the long jump and the 55 hurdles.

"Ashley did well today," Jackson said. "Overall, I'm real proud of the kids. I can't complain. It's been a great year for us."

On the boys' side, Cheshire was fourth while Morgan was fifth. Cheshire’s Jake Scinto placed second in the high jump (6 feet, four inches), third in the long jump (22-9.5), and teamed with Matthew Brennan, Andrew Panther and Philip Caldwell to finish second in the sprint medley relay.

Morgan senior Nainy Bah won the 55 dash and the 300. Sheehan's Justin Doehr won the 600, while Fairfield Prep's Connor Rog won the 3,200 and Hand's Daniel Nestor claimed victory in the 1,600.

Hillhouse suffered its first loss of the season Monday, falling to Career 58-46.

Would the game be different if Academics injured point guard Andreana Thomas played?

Probably.

Career played well and has tons of weapons, certainly making the Panthers a Class LL contender despite their current 2-2 mark.

But the Panthers sagged off Hillhouse defensively, forcing it to shoot. With Thomas' solid jumper, that plan wouldn't have been as successful. Also, Hillhouse's top scorer Bria Holmes did not have the ball in her hands enough. If Thomas played, that would have been a different story and Holmes likely would have finished with more than 15 points.

Bottom line is Hillhouse needs Thomas back. She is expected to return from her knee injury in January. Hopefully in time for the Academics' Jan. 16 matchup with Norwich Free Academy. That could be the state's best regular-season matchup of the year.