Norwich Free Academy and New London High School have long-standing rivalries on athletic fields, and now the two schools will be competing in a different competition with 14 other school districts, and the prize is $10,000 for one winning district. Concerned that 16% fewer high school seniors completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid during the COVID-19-upended 2019-20 school year, Gov. Ned Lamont in December announced a competition for school districts to boost the number of seniors who complete FAFSA applications. FAFSA forms are sent to any colleges that students apply to and help in determining financial aid packages. The competition was open to the 21 school districts in which fewer than 50% of seniors completed the FAFSA forms last year. Sixteen applied for the competition, and the state accepted all of them, said Chris Soto, director of innovations and partnerships for the state Department of Education. Soto, a former New London state representative, helped devise the FAFSA Completion Challenge.