Mills’ Baker ties record with 4 TD passes; Simsbury’s Penney scores lone TD

Simsbury senior Sean Penney had the only points in the Trojans’ loss to No. 4 Southington on Friday night. Penney scored on a 82-yard kickoff return.

COVENTRY, Sept. 17 – Lewis Mills’ Trevor Baker became just the third quarterback in school history to throw four touchdown passes in a single game to lead the Spartans to a 34-21 Pequot Conference decision over Coventry/Windham Tech/Bolton Saturday.

Baker completed 13 of 25 passes for a career-high 220 yards and four touchdowns against the Patriots. He joins Lucas Lanning and Zach Milbourne (twice) with four TD passes in a single game.

Jim Romano and Chris Romano each caught two TD passes from Baker. Chris Romano caught six passes for a career-high 142 yards and 2 TDs while Jimmy Romano caught four passes for 70 yards and 2 TDs.

Mills led 12-0 at the half on TD passes from Baker to Jim Romano (11 yards) and Chris Romano (50 yards). The Spartans (1-1, 0-1 Pequot West) extended the lead to 20-0 in the third quarter on a 35-yard run from Hunter Cowger and a two-point conversion run from Baker.

A 46-yard touchdown pass to Jim Romano in the third quarter and a 21-yard TD pass to Chris Romano early in the fourth quarter gave Mills a 34-7 lead.

Darren St. Pierre led Mills with six tackles while Nate Arnone and Ian Dunn had five each.

Baker’s previous career-high in yards passing was 218 yards a year ago against in Granby. Milbourne had four TD passes against Wolcott Tech and Nonnewaug in 2010, the first varsity season for Mills. Lanning had four TD passes in 2013 against SMSA/University.

Mills will host Canton on Saturday at 1 p.m., at the high school in Burlington. Mills played their season opener against Gilbert/Northwestern earlier this month at Muzzy Field in Bristol.

Lewis Mills 34, Coventry/WT/Bolton 21
At Coventry
Lewis Mills (1-1)                 6  6  14  8  — 34
Coventry/WT/Bolt (0-2)      0  0  7  14  — 21
First quarter
LM: Jim Romano 11 pass from Trevor Baker (kick fails)
Second quarter
LM: Chris Romano 50 pass from Baker (run fails)
Third quarter
LM: Hunter Cowger 35 run (Baker run)
C: Shaun O’Connell 1 run (Brandon Skelnor kick)
LM: Jim Romano 46 pass from Baker (run fails)
Fourth quarter
LM: Chris Romano 21 pass from Baker (Chris Romano pass from Baker)
C: O’Connell 9 run (Skelnor kick)
C: Sklenor 21 pass from Jacob Carlson (Sklenor kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Lewis Mills – Mike Ciccarelli 9-45, Gage Abraham 2-minus 7, Trevor Baker 3-minus 5
PASSING: Lewis Mills – Trevor Baker 13-25-0, 220
RECEIVING: Lewis Mills – Austin Holland 1-5, Chris Romano 6-142, Mike Delaney 1-3, Jimmy Romano 4-70

Southington 56, Simsbury 7
SIMSBURY, Sept. 16 – Vance Upham ran for a game-high 196 yards and three TDs on 12 carries to lead No. 4 Southington to a dominating 56-7 victory over Simsbury at Holden Field on Friday night. The Blue Knights (2-0, 1-0 CCC Div. 1 West) gave up just 40 yards in the game and none on the ground.

Southington scored 42 points in the first quarter, sparked by Will Barmore, who completed 7-of-12 passes for 77 yards and a touchdown pass. Brandon Kohl ran for 70 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries. Southington kicker Nicholas Daddona was a perfect 8-for-8 kicking extra points. The final three quarters were played with running time due to the CIAC’s scoring protocols regarding sportsmanship.

Simsbury (0-2, 0-1 CCC Div. I West) was led by Sean Penney, who returned a kickoff 82 yards for a touchdown. Simsbury had more yards running back kickoffs than in passing (40 yards) or rushing (0 yards). The Trojans returned 11 kickoffs for 135 yards. Simsbury hosts Hall on Friday at 7 p.m. at Holden Field.

Southington 56, Simsbury 7
At Simsbury
Southington (2-0)                42  7  7  0  — 56
Simsbury (0-2)                       7  0  0  0  — 7
First quarter
So: Will Barmore 5 run (Nicholas Daddona kick)
So: Vance Upham 75 run (Daddona kick)
So: Ryan Montalvo 6 run (Daddona kick)
Sim: Sean Penney 82 kickoff return (Spencer Meace kick)
So: Upham 48 run (Daddona kick)
So: Montalvo 9 run (Daddona kick)
So: Anthony Plantamuro 13 pass from Barmore (Daddona kick)
Second quarter
So: Upham 19 run (Daddona kick)
Third quarter
So: Brandon Kohl 6 run (Daddona kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Southington – Vance Upham 12-196, Brandon Kohl 11-70, Rob Loffredo 4-25, Ryan Montalvo 2-14, A. Plantamuro 1-5, Will Barmore 1-3; Simsbury – Sean Penney 2-11, Jackson Masters 4-minus 4, Riley Shanley 5-minus 7
PASSING: Southington – Will Barmore 7-12-1, 77; Jacob Pena 1-1-0, 0, A. Plantamuro 0-1-0, 0; Simsbury – Jackson Master 7-12-2, 40
RECEIVING: Southington – Richie Rivera 3-41, A. Plantamuro 2-13, Matt Gunderson 1-6, Brandon Kohl 1-17, Cole Brock 1-0; Simsbury – Ralph Gilliard 1-19, Riley Shanley 2-11, J. Butler 3-8, Penney 1-2
RETURNS: Simsbury – Penney 1-82 (KO), J. Taddio 2-21 (KO), A. Haggerty 3-13 (KO), M. Benson 2-14 (KO), T. Valeno 1-5 (KO)