Cromwell/Portland Advances into Football Semifinals

BLOOMFIELD, CT — Quarterfinal action got underway Tuesday night in the CIAC state football playoffs, and in none of the four classes did the top four seeds all emerge victorious.

Cromwell/Portland, the sixth seed in Class S, upset No. 3 Bloomfield 28-14 to earn a berth in the semifinals. The co-op will travel to second-seeded Ansonia Monday.

Here are results from Tuesday's contests; all semifinals are scheduled for Monday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m.

Class LL
No. 1 Darien 29, No. 8 Greenwich 3
No. 4 Southington 35, No. 5 Norwich Free Academy 22
No. 7 Ridgefield 28, No. 2 West Haven 21
No. 6 Shelton 55, No. 3 Newtown 21

semifinals:
No. 4 Southington at No. 1 Darien
No. 7 Ridgefield at No. 6 Shelton

Class L
No. 1 Windsor 52, No. 8 Harding 0
No. 4 Middletown 56, No. 5 Platt 36
No. 2 New Canaan 31, No. 7 Masuk 28
No. 6 Notre Dame-West Haven 44, No. 3 New London 7

semifinals:
No. 4 Middletown at No. 1 Windsor
No. 6 Notre Dame-West Haven at No. 2 New Canaan

Class M
No. 1 Valley Regional/Old Lyme 30, No. 8 Berlin 12
No. 5 St. Joseph 48, No. 4 Wolcott 21
No. 2 Hillhouse 27, No. 7 New Fairfield 14
No. 3 Killingly 27, No. 6 Bunnell 7

semifinals:
No. 5 St. Joseph at No. 1 Valley Regional/Old Lyme
No. 3 Killingly at No. 2 Hillhouse

Class S
No. 8 Seymour 35, No. 1 Capital Prep/Achievement First 12
No. 4 Rocky Hill 56, No. 5 Bullard Havens 8
No. 2 Ansonia 48, No. 7 Stafford/East Windsor/Somers 0
No. 6 Cromwell/Portland 28, No. 3 Bloomfield 14

semifinals:
No. 8 Seymour at No. 4 Rocky Hill
No. 6 Cromwell/Portland at No. 2 Ansonia

Photo credit: Tim Jensen