No. 10 Killingly too much for Lewis Mills; Newington dominates Farmington

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