BURLINGTON, Sept. 17, 2021 – The Hartford Public football team erased a 13-point deficit with a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns to win their second straight game with a 14-13 victory over Lewis Mills in a Central Connecticut Conference Tier IV contest under the lights in Burlington on Friday night.
Mills quarterback Jack Stanislaw threw two touchdown passes in the first half to Colby Cables and James Roben as the Spartans built a 13-0 lead.
The Owls cut the lead to 13-6 on a three-yard touchdown run from Jajeim Cole before Christian Garcia returned a punt 53 yards for a touchdown to cut the Mills’ lead to 13-12 with 5:56 remaining in the game. Hartford Public (2-0, 2-0 Tier IV) went ahead on a successful two-point conversion run from Tansani Roach.
Lewis Mills (1-1, 0-1 Tier IV) returns to action on Friday when they make a long trip across the state to face Killingly at 6 p.m.
Hartford Public 14, Lewis Mills 13
At Burlington
Lewis Mills (1-1) 13 0 0 0 — 13
Hartford Public (2-0) 0 0 0 14 — 14
First quarter
LM: Colby Cables 12 pass from Jack Stanislaw (Cole Ronalter kick)
Second quarter
LM: James Roben 10 pass from Stanislaw (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
H: Jajeim Cole 3 run (run fails)
H: Christian Garcia 53 punt return (Tansani Roach run), 5:56
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Hartford Public – Tasani Roach 14-11, Jaheim Cole 1-0, Eric Williams 5-minus 2; Lewis Mills — James Roben 18-124, Jack Stanislaw 4-29, Logan Conger 1-24, Colby Cables 14-51
PASSING: Hartford Public – Tasani Roach 7-19-0, 114; Lewis Mills — Jack Stanislaw 5-11-1, 84
RECEIVING: Hartford Public – Trai Hodge 2-59, C. Garcia 5-55; Lewis Mills — Roben 1-15, Cables 1-12
E.O. Smith 31, Farmington 7
STORRS, Sept. 17, 2021 – The Panthers (1-1, 1-1 Tier III) picked up a rare victory over Farmington on Friday night with a 31-7 decision in CCC Tier III action.
Connor Ouellette ran for 137 yards and two touchdown on 19 carries to lead the Panthers to the win. E.O. Smith (1-1) had a 14-0 lead at halftime but seized control of the game in the third quarter with another two touchdowns with Dar Jankovice scoring on a 33-yard TD reception from QB Sebi Szycmczak and Ouellette scoring his second TD of the day.
E.O. Smith forced three Farmington turnovers with Tyler Holcomb intercepting two passes and Adam Bouvain forcing and recovering a fumble.
The River Hawks (0-2, 0-2) had won 10 of the last 12 meetings between the two schools.
E.O. Smith 31, Farmington 7
At Storrs
Farmington (0-2) 0 0 7 0 — 7
E.O. Smith (1-1) 7 7 12 6 – 31
First quarter
EOS: Connor Ouellette 20 run (Anthony Bolduc kick)
Second quarter
EOS: Sebi Szycmczak 11 run (Bolduc kick)
Third quarter
EOS: Dar Jankovic 33 pass from Szycmczak (kick fails)
EOS: Ouellette 1 run (kick fails)
F: Griffin Kiniry 12 pass from Cayden Markowitz (Adam Maselek kick)
Fourth quarter
EOS: Jaycee Diaz 3 run (kick fails)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: E.O. Smith – Connor Ouellette 19-137, Sebi Szymczak 9-6, Adam Bouvain 2-7, Jaycee Diaz 3-8; Farmington — Matt Olson 1-minus 5, Cayden Markowitz 1-minus 5, Luke Watson 12-21
PASSING: E.O. Smith – Sebi Szymczak 9-14-0, 105; Farmington — Cayden Markowitz 11-22-3, 107
RECEIVING: E.O. Smith – Noah Cordone 1-13, Samuel DeJesus 3-37, Ouellette 3-7, Bouvain 1-15, Dar Jankovic 1-33; Farmington — Jahkai Veal 4-17, Griffin Kiniry 6-83, Ryan Parker 2-11
