FINALS

Montville vs. St. Joseph
	1	2	3	4	OT			Total
#2 Montville (10-2)	0	3	0	0				3
#4 St. Joseph (10-2)	0	0	0	14				14
Final

West Haven - Tyler Matakevich scored a pair of one-yard touchdown runs in the fourth quarter and No. 4 St. Joseph of Trumbull defeated Montville, 14-3, in the Class SS state title game at Ken Strong Stadium.

The Cadets (10-2) took advantage of six Montville turnovers, including five lost fumbles, to win the school's ninth state title and first since 1990.

Matakevich ran for 111 yards on 31 carries, but only had two carries over 10 yards.

Montville quarterback J.P. Morales connected with Jesse Sutherland on a 52-yard pass play on Montville's first play from scrimmage, but the Indians had the first of their six turnovers on the goal line when Morales couldn't handle a snap three plays later.

Morales threw for 76 yards, all to Sutherland, and ran for 53 more.

Montville's Ben Middel kicked a 47-yard field goal as time expired in the first half to give Montville (10-2) a 3-0 halftime lead.

M -- Ben Middel 47 FG
SJ -- Tyler Matakevich 1 run (Casey Olayos kick)
SJ -- Matakevich 1 run (Olayos kick)

RUSHING - St. Joseph, Tyler Matakevich 31-111, Joe Della Vecchia 6-34, Tony Civitella 2-4, Joe Burns 1-1; Montville, Tyler Girard-Floyd 10-29, Skyler McNair 7-48, J.P. Morales 6-53, Jesse Sutherland 3-17, Dave MacCracken 1-1.

PASSING - St. Joseph, Della Vecchia 4-9-1-18; Montville, Morales 3-7-1-76.

RECEIVING - St. Joseph, Matakevich 2-7, Pat Mulligan 1-8, Burns 1-3; Montville, Sutherland 3-76.

TURNOVERS - Montville 6, St. Joseph 1

SEMIFINALS

Summary courtesy of Connecticut Post

WATERBURY -- Joe DellaVecchia passed for four touchdowns and Tyler Matakevich scored three times in St. Joseph's 56-7 victory over Holy Cross in a Class SS semifinal matchup at Municipal Stadium.
DellaVechia completed 9 of 11 passes for 165 yards, including two touchdown passes to Pat Mulligan and one each to Matakevich and Jason Mawicke, for the Cadets (9-2) who scored 21 points in each of the first two quarters to take a 42-0 halftime lead.

Matakevich finished the game with 12 carries for 133 yards, including rushing scores of 1 and 13 yards. Tony Civitella and George Nation added fourth quarter touchdowns for St. Joseph.

For Holy Cross (9-2), Matt Czapor scored on a 73-yard pass from Ryan Plourde in the third quarter.

SJ -- Pat Mulligan 42 pass Joe DellaVecchia (Casey Olayos kick)
SJ -- Matakevich 1 run (Olayos kick)
SJ -- Jason Mawicke 42 pass DellaVecchia (Olayos kick)
SJ -- Matakevich 13 run (Olayos kick)
SJ -- Mulligan 9 pass DellaVecchia (Olayos kick)
SJ -- Matakevich 12 pass DellaVecchia (Olayos kick)
HC -- Matt Czapor 73 pass Ryan Plourde (Greg Warner kick)
SJ -- Tony Civitella 2 run (Olayos kick)
SJ -- George Nation 42 fumble recovery (Olayos kick)

Summary courtesy of New London Day

Tyler Girard-Floyd ran for an 88-yard touchdown on Montville's first play from scrimmage and the No. 2 Indians rolled to a 49-12 win over No. 3 Bullard-Havens of Bridgeport in a CIAC Class SS semifinal game on Tuesday.

Girard-Floyd ran for 142 yards and four touchdowns on just seven carries -- all in the first half. Skyler McNair, Dave MacCracken and Troy Nunes also scored rushing touchdowns for Montville. The Indians (10-1) will play St. Joseph of Trumbull on Saturday.

Montville's defense had six sacks and three interceptions -- two by Jesse Sutherland -- and held the Tigers (9-2) to just two first downs in the first half.

Justin May had two fourth-quarter touchdown runs for Bullard-Havens.

M -- Tyler Girard-Floyd 88 run (Ben Middel kick)
M -- Girard-Floyd 20 run (Middel kick)
M -- Girard-Floyd 14 run (Middel kick)
M -- Girard-Floyd 11 run (Middel kick)
M -- Skyler McNair 2 run (Middel kick)
M -- Dave MacCracken 19 run (kick failed)
BH -- Justin May 24 run (pass failed)
BH -- May 25 run (run failed)
M -- Troy Nunes 12 run (Will Griggs run)