DEEP RIVER, Oct. 4 – Big plays helped Valley Regional/Old Lyme beat Avon, 21-18 Friday night. Warrior QB Phil Cohen completed 6-of-14 passes for 95 yards and 2 TDs, including a 68-yard bomb to David Peck in the first quarter. Valley Regional/OL (3-0) had two touchdowns in the third quarter taken off the board due to penalties.
That gave Avon a chance to rally. The Falcons scored two fourth quarter touchdowns to pull within three points.
Noah Hahn, who completed 15-of-28 passes for 280 yards and 3 TDs, threw a 44-yard TD pass to Justin Reichler and a 60-yard TD pass to Jimmy Murphy with 1:15 remaining. But Valley recovered the onside kick to secure the win.
Hahn is the eighth quarterback in school history to throw three TD passes in a single game. The most recent was Andrew Livingstone in 2008 against Ellington/Somers. The school record is five TD passes set by Mark Marquis in 1971 against Griswold.
With 280 yards passing, Hahn tied the school record for most yards passing in a single game. Colin Pavano threw for 280 yards in a win over Housatonic/Wamogo in 2010. Hahn’s 15 completions fell two shy of the school record of 17 set in 1969 by Barry Shelly against Housatonic.
Valley Regional/Old Lyme 21, Avon 18
At Deep River
Avon (2-2) 6 0 0 12 — 18
Valley Regional/OL (3-0) 14 7 0 0 — 21
First quarter
V: David Peck 68 pass from Phil Cohen (Jarred Roche kick)
V: David Peck 5 pass from Cohen (Roche kick)
A: Dylan Marquis 50 pass from Noah Hahn (rush failed)
Second quarter
V: Justin Cheverier 1 run (Roch kick)
Fourth quarter
A: Justin Reichler 44 pass from Hahn (rush failed)
A: Jimmy Murphy 60 pass from Hahn (kick failed)
Farmington 32, Wethersfield 28
WETHERSFIELD, Oct. 4 – Big plays helped the Indians remain undefeated with a 32-28 decision over Wethersfield on Friday night. Ivan Guadalupe ran for 167 yards and 3 TDs, including a 62-yard scoring run in the second quarter.
Wide receiver Kenny Jones scored on a 67-yard run in the first quarter and a 63-yard run early in the fourth quarter that gave Farmington a 32-12 lead. The Indians led 18-12 at halftime but extended its lead with a pair of touchdowns in the second half.
Wethersfield QB Matt Sanzaro threw 3 TD passes for the Eagles (1-3) and completed 30-of-51 passes or 360 yards.
Hall 34, Simsbury 6
WEST HARTFORD, Oct. 5 – A balanced attack from the Hall High football team was too much for Simsbury in a 34-6 loss to Chalmers Stadium Saturday afternoon. QB Tom Honoyotski completed 10-of-15 passes or 117 yards and a touchdown for Hall (2-1). Jordan Bell (12-113 rushing) ran for two TDs while Devon Hightower (9-54) ran for two TDs. Simsbury received two field goals from Kyle Dougherty from 39 and 27 yards.
Hyde 20, Canton 13
CANTON, Oct. 5 — Despite being tightly controlled on the ground, the host Warriors had a one-point lead throughout the second half until Hyde’s Ronnie Freeman scored on a 12-yard TD run with 6:38 remaining to lift the Howling Wolves to the victory. Canton drops to 2-1 on the year.
Gilbert/NWR 44, Lewis Mills 12
WINSTED, Oct. 5 — The Yellowjackets went back to running the ball in the second half to pull away from Mills at Van Why Field in Winsted. Gilbert/NWR led 7-6 at halftime and turned the ball over four times. In the second half, the Yellowjackets gave the ball to Tony Ortiz, who scored 2 TDs and ran for 171 of his 215 rushing yards.
Gilbert/NWR 44, Lewis Mills 12
At Winsted
Gilbert/NWR (3-1) 7 0 23 14 — 44
Lewis Mills (0-3) 6 0 0 6 — 12
First quarter
LM: Justin Pease 11 pass from Lucas Lanning (run fails)
G: John Lippincott 22 run (Joe Colombie kick)
Third quarter
G: Tony Ortiz 59 run (Colombie kick)
G: Ortiz 12 run (Colombie kick)
G: Safety, Ryan Ott tackles Colin Throne in end zone
G: Ortiz 55 run (Colombie kick)
Fourth quarter
G: Nick Pedrolini 21 pass from Lippincott (Colombie kick)
LM: Lanning 1 run (run fails)
G: Seth Dayton 60 fumble recovery (Colombie kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Gilbert – Ortiz 17-215, Lippincott 5-39, Matt Nieves 3-31, Seth Dayton 2-11, Aiden Tellier 1-10; Mills – Max Stone 11-56, Lucas Lanning 7-23, Cody Lessard 2-9, Colin Kennedy 6-7, Aris Artemiadis 1-4, Mike Ciccarelli 1-minus 2, Colin Thorn 9-minus 16
PASSING: Gilbert – Lippincott 6-12-4, 63; Mills – Lanning 4-6-1, 67; Thorn 3-7-0, 24
RECEIVING: Gilbert — Nick Pedrolini 2-26, Seth Dayton 1-20; Paxton Lewis-Franklin 1-15, Tony Ortiz 1-2, Ben Schiffer 1-0; Mills — Dominik Jankowski 1-25; Aris Artemiadis 1-23; Justin Pease 1-11; Colin Kennedy 1-8; Matthew Rinkus 1-0
Granby 42, Haddam-Killingworth 22
HIGGNAUM, Oct. 4 – The Bears earned their first win of the season as QB Curtis Field completed 10-of-15 passes for 274 yards and 4 TDs, including three to his younger brother, Connor.
Granby 42, Haddam-Killingworth 22
At Higganum
Granby (1-3) 14 14 14 0 — 42
H-Killingworth (0-4) 8 8 0 6 — 22
First quarter
H: Conor Champagne 1 run (Josh Breiling run)
G: Connor Field 34 pass from Curtis Field (Matt Holmes kick)
G: Connor Field 60 pass from Curtis Field (Holmes kick)
Second quarter
H: Josh Breiling 2 run (Breiling run)
G: Dom Pasano 4 run (Holmes kick)
G: Connor Field 53 pass from Curtis Field (Holmes kick)
Third quarter
G: Ian Downey 8 run (Holmes kick)
G: Jacob Largay 4 run (Holmes kick)
Fourth quarter
H: Conor Champagne 2 run (run failed)
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