2007 Class M Football Playoffs

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Class M Rosters: Bristol Eastern* | Ledyard* | Weaver* | Berlin

FINALS

Ledyard vs. Berlin
	1	2	3	4	OT			Total
#2 Ledyard (9-1)	0	7	7	7				21
#4 Berlin (10-1)	0	14	0	0				14
Final

Second Quarter
B - Jimmy Connelly 6 run (pass failed), 11:56
L - Tim McNeil 1 run (Nathan Conway kick), 6:51
B - Jack Cooper 5 run (Drew Hornberger pass from Connelly), :32
Third Quarter
L - McNeil 18 run (Conway kick), 5:10
Fourth Quarter
L - Marc Mignault 22 pass from Jacob Jablonski (Conway kick), 9:19

MVP's -- Ledyard: Jacob Jablonski; Berlin: Drew Hornberger

Game Summary Courtesy of New Britain Herald

NEW BRITAIN -- Jacob Jablonski completed a halfback option pass to quarterback Marc Mignault for the game-winning touchdown Saturday and Ledyard withstood a furious last-ditch drive to hold on for a 21-14 win over Berlin in the Class M championship at Central Connecticut State University's Arute Field.

Jablonski, voted Ledyard's MVP, also intercepted a pass at the end of the third quarter that stopped a Berlin drive and led to the game-winning touchdown.

Trailing by a touchdown, Berlin (10-2) had the ball on its own 12 with 2:53 to go. After a brilliantly executed drive by quarterback Jim Connelly that included three fourth-down conversions, the Redcoats were faced with a fourth-and-goal from the 1 with 10 seconds left.

Just as halfback Jack Cooper approached the end zone, a hit by Brandon Ketcham jarred the ball loose. With two seconds to go, Ledyard quarterback Marc Mignault killed the clock.

Drew Hornberger (8 receptions, 134 yards, two-point conversion) was named the Berlin MVP.

Connelly completed 14 of 33 passes for 179 yards but was sacked five times, but managed just five completions for 55 yards in the second half when Berlin was shut out.

Running back Tim McNeil had 96 yards on 24 carries for Ledyard (10-1), two for touchdowns.

Cooper and Connelly had rushing touchdowns for the Redcoats.

SEMIFINALS

First Quarter
BE - David Casanova 20 run (Chris Hazelton kick), 9:20
B - Jack Cooper 7 pass from Jim Connelly (Cooper pass from Connelly), 6:09
B - Mike Spyros 34 pass from Connelly (pass failed), 3:38
Second Quarter
BE - Rich Bianchi 1 run (Hazelton kick), 5:28
B - Drew Hornberger 16 pass from Connelly (Cooper pass from Connelly), 4:13
BE - Casanova 61 pass from Bianchi (Hazelton kick), 1:37
Third Quarter
BE - Casanova 3 run (Hazelton kick), 1:29
Fourth Quarter
B - Cooper 4 run (Connelly kick), 9:13
B - Cameron Johnson 9 pass from Connelly (run failed), 1:49

Game Summary Courtesy of New Britain Herald

BRISTOL - Jim Connelly threw for four touchdowns including the clincher with less than two minutes remaining Tuesday night to lead fourth-seeded Berlin to a 35-28 upset of previously unbeaten, top-seeded Bristol Eastern in a Class M semifinal at Muzzy Field.

Eastern (10-1) trailed by a point at halftime but took a 28-22 lead with 1:29 left in the third quarter on a 3-yard run by David Casanova.

But Connelly (21-for-36, 289 yards) directed a 14-play, 88-yard drive that resulted in the game-winning sequence. A four-yard touchdown run by Jack Cooper tied the score and Connelly's extra-point placement gave the Redcoats (10-1) a 29-28 lead.

The Berlin defense stuffed two fourth-quarter drives with the second setting Connelly and company up with 4:16 to go. Nine plays later, Connelly connected with Cam Johnson on a nine-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-6 with 1:49 left.

L - Tim McNeil 1 run (Nathan Conway kick)
L - McNeil 10 run (Conway kick)
L - McNeil 16 pass from Marc Mignault (Conway kick)
L - Mignault 35 interception return (Conway kick)

Game Summary Courtesy of New London Day

Ledyard converted three Weaver turnovers into 21 points during a two-minute, 24 second span in the second quarter and went on to defeat the Beavers 28-0 in a Class L semifinal game.

Tim McNeil scored all three of his touchdowns during that decisive second quarter for the second-seeded Colonels (9-1), scoring on runs of 1 and 10 yards and taking a screen pass from quarterback Marc Mignault 16 yards for a third TD. The senior back finished with 226 yards on 30 carries.

Mignault capped the scoring for Ledyard by returning an interception 35 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

John Rowley led No. 3 Weaver (8-2) by rushing for 103 yards on 22 carries.