KILLINGLY, Sept. 24, 2021 – Jack Sharpe ran for four touchdowns and 86 yards on 21 carries as No. 10 Killingly rolled to a 54-8 non-conference win over Lewis Mills on Friday night. Mills took an early 8-0 lead on a 12-yard touchdown pass from QB Jack Stanislaw to Colby Cables and a successful two-point conversion pass.
But Killingly scored the remaining 54 points in the contest – all on eight touchdown runs. Killingly limited Lewis Mills to 30 yards in offense — 3 yards rushing and 27 yards through the air.
Killingly 54, Lewis Mills 8
At Killingly
Lewis Mills (1-2) 8 0 0 0 — 8
Killingly (3-0) 14 14 13 13 — 54
First quarter
LM: Colby Cables 12 pass from Jack Stanislaw (Logan Cowger pass from Tyler Pierzchalski)
K: Ben Jax 9 run (Tom Dreibholz kick)
K: Jack Sharpe 9 run (Dreibholz kick)
Second quarter
K: Sharpe 5 run (Dreibholz kick)
K: Dreibholz 8 run (Dreibholz kick)
Third quarter
K: Sharpe 3 run (kick blocked)
K: Sharpe 1 run (Dreibholz kick)
Fourth quarter
K: Soren Rief 1 run (kick fails)
K: Brandon Rosas 6 run (Dreibholz kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Lewis Mills — James Roben 5-minus 5, Jack Stanislaw 2-minus 2, Cole Ronalter 2-10, Colby Cables 6-0; Killingly — Ben Jax 3-19, Thomas Dreibholz 4-9, Brady O’Donnell 3-3, Brandon Rosas 5-33, Jack Sharpe 21-86, Soren Rief 10-88, Keith Perry 2-10
PASSING: Lewis Mills — Trey Gagne 1-1-0, 4, Jack Stanislaw 4-10-1, 23; Killingly — Ben Kax 0-1-0, Thomas Dreibholz 8-14-0, 135
RECEIVING: Killingly — Ben Jax 4-103, Jack Sharpe 1-2, Soren Rief 1-minus 4, Nathan Keefe 2-34
Newington 51, Farmington 6
NEWINGTON, Sept. 24, 2021 – Receiver Griffin Kiniry caught six passes for a school-record 184 yards and one touchdown but Newington High took advantage of seven Farmington turnovers in a 51-6 victory Friday night in a Central Connecticut Conference Tier III game.
Kiniry broke the previous school record for most reception yards in a game that was set by Dante Colagiovanni in 2017 in a game against the CREC co-op. Colagiovanni caught eight passes for 166 yards.
Kiniry scored the River Hawk’s lone points on a 75-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Cayden Markowitz, who completed 19-of-28 passes for 320 yards and two interceptions. The 320 yards is No. 2 in the record book for most yards passing in a single game behind Jacob Conrad, who threw for 339 yards in a game against Windsor in 2019.
Farmington lost five fumbles and threw two interceptions in the contest.
The River Hawks (0-3) will try to secure their first win of the season when they host Bristol Central on Friday night at George Bennett Field beginning at 6 p.m.
Newington 51, Farmington 6
At Newington
Farmington (0-3) 0 6 0 0 — 6
Newington (3-0) 16 14 7 14 — 51
First quarter
N: Josiah Ross 16 pass from Padraig Brown (Austyn Howe run)
N: Shakir Smith 1 run (Howe run)
Second quarter
N: Everett Hillman 14 pass from Brown (Smith run)
N: Ross 29 pass from Howe (conversion failed)
F: Griffin Kiniry 75 pass from Cayden Markowitz (conversion failed)
N: Howe 44 pass from Brown (Brown kick)
Third quarter
N: Smith 6 run (Brown kick)
N: Brandon Levesque 5 run (Brown kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Farmington – Luke Watson 9-31, Cayden Markowitz 5-minus 18, Matt Olson 2-16, Kevin Ives 1-5; Newington — Shakir Smith 20-118, Brandon Levesque 2-55, E. Pigott 5-23, J. Ross 1-13, L. Cofuno 1-7
PASSING: Farmington – Cayden Markowicz 19-28-2, 320; Newington — Padraig Brown 8-13-1, 159; Austyn Howe 1-1-0, 29
RECEIVING: Farmington – Griffin Kiniry 6-184, Luke Watson 7-57, Thomas Keough 1-2, Jahkai Veal 5-79, Matt Olson 1-minus 1, Ryan Parker 1-1; Newington — Austyn Howe 2-73, J. Ross 4-59, C. Judge-Blair 2-42, E. Hillman 1-14
Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.


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