MENU

High School

Sunday, April 28, 2024

New London cheers for nation's oldest high school football rivalry

November 27, 2013 2:00 pm • Last Updated: November 27, 2013 10:07 pm

By Sean D. Elliot
Director of Photography

s.elliot@theday.com

Members of the senior class at New London High School gather at center court at the start of a pep rally Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2013, for their football team's Thanksgiving Day rivalry game with Norwich Free Academy. New London and NFA, the oldest high school football rivalry in the nation, face-off Thursday morning in Norwich.

New London - Members of the senior class at New London High School gathered at center court at the start of a pep rally Wednesday for their football team's Thanksgiving Day rivalry game with Norwich Free Academy. New London and NFA, the oldest high school football rivalry in the nation, face-off Thursday morning in Norwich.

Comment threads are monitored for 48 hours after publication and then closed.

STORIES THAT MAY INTEREST YOU

Former Ivy League Player of the Year Kaitlyn Chen transfers from Princeton to UConn

Former Ivy League Player of the Year Kaitlyn Chen of Princeton has committed to UConn as a transfer. She made the announcement on social media Sunday. Chen spent the past three seasons under former UC...

Candace Parker, a 3-time WNBA champion and 2-time Olympic gold medalist, announces retirement

Three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Candace Parker announced Sunday she's retiring after 16 seasons. “The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time,” Parker wrote in ...

Marchand breaks team playoff goals mark, Bruins beat Maple Leafs 3-1 to move within win of advancing

Toronto — Brad Marchand broke the Boston playoff goals record with his 56th and the Bruins beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 in Game 4 on Saturday night to move within a victory of advancing to the sec...

A ‘palace’ for a peacock: Waterford school raises money to build a new bird home

Waterford ― Paulie, a flighty peacock once known for running amok across town roads, perching atop cars and evading net-brandishing authorities out for his capture, is now the patriarch of a growing f...