FINALS

Notre Dame-West Haven vs. Pomperaug
	1	2	3	4	OT			Total
#3 Notre Dame-West Haven (11-1)	0	21	0	7				28
#1 Pomperaug (12*-1)	7	7	0	7				21
Final

SHELTON - Conor Keniry snared an interception with 10.7 seconds in his own territory to help the third-seeded Notre Dame football team outlast top-seeded Pomperaug 28-21 and win the Class L state championship Saturday afternoon at Finn Stadium.

Notre Dame (11-1) made three interceptions and two fumble recoveries to finish with 10 straight victories. Keniry also had a fumble recovery early in the third quarter while Tirrell Young-Williams returned another interception 93 yards for a touchdown for the Green Knights in the second quarter.

Notre Dame quarterback Sean Goldrich completed 6 of 13 passes for 121 yards and a 70-yard touchdown to Young-Williams. Justin Willis led the rushing attack with 18 carries for 72 yards while David Rose finished with 52 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries for the Green Knights, who won their first state championship since 2001.

Pomperaug quarterback Andrew Clements completed 10-of-22 passes for 105 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. He also ran for 80 yards on 13 carries. Benjamin Crick led the Panthers (12-1) with 114 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries.

First quarter
P--Kevin Maxen 2 run (Kevin Foley kick)
Second quarter
N--Tirrell Young-Williams 93 int ret (Rodrigo Echeandia kick)
P--Ben Crick 62 run (Foley kick)
N--Tirrell Young-Williams 70 pass from (Echeandia kick)
N--David Rose 1 run (Echeandia kick)
Fourth quarter
N--David Rose 1 run (Echeandia kick)
P--Wade McNamara 10 pass from (Foley kick)

Rushing: Notre Dame: Justin Willis 18-72; David Rose, 15-52; Pomperaug: Ben Crick 11-114; Andrew Clements 13-80.

Passing: Notre Dame: Sean Goldrich 6-13-0-121; Pomperaug: Andrew Clements 10-22-3-105.

Receiving: Notre Dame: Tirrell Young-Williams 2-78; Pomperaug: Wade McNamara 4-47

Team offense: Notre Dame 263 yards; Pomperaug 325 yards

SEMIFINALS

Summary courtesy of Danbury News-Times

SOUTHBURY -- Senior quarterback Andrew Clements passed for three touchdowns and ran for another Tuesday to lead the top-seeded Pomperaug High football team to a 41-26 victory over No. 4 seed Simsbury in a Class L state semifinal at Edward Arum Athletic Field in Southbury.

Wade McNamara caught two touchdown passes and Matt Paola caught one for the undefeated Panthers, while Ben Crick added two touchdown runs.

Kyle Decker ran for two touchdowns and passed for one to lead Simsbury.

1st quarter
S--Kevin Kucinskas 7 run (James Poggio kick)
P--Wade McNamara 23 pass from Andrew Clements (Kevin Foley kick)
P--Ben Crick 1 run (Foley kick)

2nd quarter
P--McNamara 15 pass from Clements (Foley kick)
S--Kyle Decker 4 run (Poggio kick)

3rd quarter
P--Crick 38 run (kick missed)
S--Decker 9 run (kick missed)

4th quarter
P--Clements 8 run (Foley kick)
P-Matt Paola 27 pass from Clements (Foley kick)
S--Poggio 8 pass from Decker (pass failed)

Summary courtesy of Hartford Courant

WEST HARTFORD - Notre Dame-West Haven took the opening kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown and never looked back.

The No. 3 seed Green Knights dominated much of the game on the way to a 42-14 victory over No. 2 seed Conard-West Hartford in a CIAC Class L semifinal game Tuesday at Conard High School.

The Green Knight's Tirrell Young-Williams cradled in the opening kickoff at the Notre Dame 5-yard line and went straight up the middle of the field 95 yards for the touchdown to open a 7-0 lead 13 seconds into the game.

Conard was able to score on a long drive on their first possession, when Ryan DeLoureiro found Marcus Stevens in the end zone from 19 yards out, but the Green Knights then scored 20 unanswered points to close the first half.

A 10-yard touchdown reception and 4-yard touchdown run from David Rose and a 58-yard interception return for a touchdown by Conor Keniry allowed Notre Dame to open a 27-7 halftime lead.

Conard came out and scored on their first possession of the second half on a 2-yard run from Jonathan Esposito to cut the lead to 27-14, but Notre Dame answered on their next drive when Justin Willis scored from a yard out to extend the lead to 35-14 with 4:24 left in the third quarter.

Sean Goldrich found Philip Bentley on a 33 yard touchdown pass with 1:06 left in the third quarter to make it 42-14.

First Quarter
ND - Tirrell Young-Williams 95 kickoff return (Rodrigo Echeandia kick) (11:47)
C - Marcus Stevens 19 pass from Ryan DeLoureiro (Jakob Fisher kick) (7:57)
ND - David Rose 10 pass from Sean Goldrich (Echeandia kick) (3:50)
ND - Conor Keniry 58 interception return (kick failed) (:34)

Second Quarter
ND -Rose 4 run (Echeandia kick) (8:18)

Third Quarter
C - Jonathan Esposito 2 run (Fisher kick) (7:57)
ND - Justin Willis 1 run (Goldrich run) (4:24)
ND - Philip Bentley 33 pass from Goldrich (Echeandia kick) (1:06)