
Branford’s Nathan Chieffo is on his way to a 90-yard kickoff return on the opening play of Friday night’s 21-7 win over Avon.
Friday, November 5
FOOTBALL
Branford 21, Avon 7
Southington 49, Simsbury 14
South Windsor 35, Farmington 7
Granby/Canton 17, Valley Regional/Old Lyme 7
VOLLEYBALL
NCCC Tournament final
Suffield 3, Granby 2 (27-25, 25-17, 23-25, 20-25, 15-8)
Saturday, November 6
FOOTBALL
Lewis Mills 19, Rocky Hill 8
VOLLEYBALL
CCC Tournament championship
Bristol Eastern 3, Simsbury 1 (24-26, 25-17, 25-20, 25-18)
FOOTBALL
Branford 21, Avon 7
At Avon
Branford (6-1) 14 0 0 7 — 21
Avon (4-2) 0 7 0 0 — 7
First quarter
B: Nathan Chieffo 90 kickoff return (Nathan Florio kick), 11:44
B: John Frawley 20 pass from Zachary Turbert (Florio kick) 6:15
Second quarter
A: Tabor Engle 1 run (Toby Klafter kick) 0:03
Fourth quarter
B: Chieffo 9 run (Florio kick), 0:50
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Branford – Nathan Chieffo 16-92, Cole Snider 4-41, Cameron Paleski 3-3; Avon – Tabor Engle 32-131, Cameron Dawiczyk 9-15, Cameron Casey 3-14, Nils Jerger 3-5, Connor Lavore 5-42
PASSING: Branford – Zachary Turbert 4-8-1, 38; Avon – Tabor Engle 1-3-0, 36
RECEIVING: Branford – John Frawley 2-35, David McDonald 1-5, Chieffo 1-minus 2; Avon – Cameron Dawiczyk 1-36
RETURNS: Nathan Chieffo 1-90 (kickoff), Tyler Brokenshire (A) 1-12 (kickoff), Cameron Dawiczyk (A) 2-30 (kickoff)
FUMBLE REC: Frawley (B), McDonald (B), unknown (B); INTERCEPTION: Tyler Brokenshire (A) 1-0
Southington 49, Simsbury 14
At Simsbury
Southington (7-1) 7 14 21 7 — 49
Simsbury (4-4) 7 7 0 0 — 14
First quarter
Sims: Charles Mairano 1 run. (Dan Sullivan kick), 9:31
Sou: Lincoln Cardillo 4 run. (Jack Barnum kick), 0:39
Second quarter
Sims: Austin Coiro 35 pass from Evan Wallace.(Sullivan kick), 8:34
Sou: Cardillo 1 run. (Barnum kick), 3:20
Sou: Ryan DelMonte 14 pass from Barnum. (Barnum kick), 0:43
Third quarter
Sou: Javon Thomas 1 run (Barnum kick), 9:23
Sou: Barnum 1 run (Barnum kick), 7:00
Sout: DelMonte 2 pass from Barnum (Barnum kick), 1:38
Fourth quarter
Sou: Cardillo 40 run (Barnum kick), 6:33
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Southington – Lincoln Cardillo 21-175, Javon Thomas 12-76, Jack Barnum 6-5, team 1-0; Simsbury – Evan Wallance 5-55, Noble Gongon 3-44, Charles Mairano 14-44, Luka Dwyer 1-4, Issac Rivera 2-minus 1, team 2-minus 15
PASSING: Southington – Jack Barnum 14-20-0, 154; Simsbury – Evan Wallance 3-7-0, 75; Issac Rivera 4-8-1, 15
RECEIVING: Southington – Ryan Delmonte 7-88, Gavin Anderson 4-45, Javon Thomas 1-12, Evan Anderson 1-9, Justin Zitofsky 1-0; Simsbury – Austin Coiro 1-35, Issac Rivera 1-34, Ted Murphy 2-10, Dan Sullivan 1-4, Chris Taddio 1-4, Charles Mairano 1-3
FUMBLE REC: Josh Frappier (Southington) 2, INTERCEPTION: Ryan Delmonte (Southington) 1
South Windsor 35, Farmington 7
At South Windsor
Farmington (0-8) 0 0 7 0 – 7
South Windsor (6-2) 6 14 7 8 — 35
First quarter
SW: Sam Meleshenko 5 pass from Tyron Casey (run fails)
Second quarter
SW: Anthony Maddox 13 pass from Casey (Hakim Montgomery pass from Casey)
SW: Josh Colon 1 run (pass fails)
Third quarter
SW: Montgomery 47 pass from Casey (Joey Bernis kick)
F: Ryan Parker 20 run (Jacob Skinner kick)
Fourth quarter
SW: Colon 34 run (Zak Ly pass from Casey)
Granby/Canton 17, Valley Regional/Old Lyme 7
At Deep River
Granby/Canton (5-2) 10 0 7 0 — 17
Valley Regional/Old Lyme (2-5) 7 0 0 0 — 7
First quarter
GC: Luke Maher 35 run (George Horst kick)
GC: Horst 37 FG
VR: St. Pierre 50 run (kick good)
Third quarter
GC: Maher 2 run (Horst kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Granby/Canton: Luke Maher 22-122, Marquis Thomas 3-13, Will Attianese 3-7, Khalil Thomas 2-9, James Phillips 1-3, Michael Brosnan 6-minus 3, Will Migliaccio 6-minus 11
PASSING: Granby/Canton: Michael Brosnan 2-6-0, 10, William Migliaccio 3-4-0, 15
RECEIVING: Granby/Canton: Will Attianese 3-17, Khalil Thomas 2-9, George Horst 1-minus 1, Brandon Powell 1-minus 2
Rocky Hill 19, Lewis Mills 8
At Burlington
Rocky Hill (5-2) 8 0 0 11 — 19
Lewis Mills (3-5) 0 0 8 0 — 8
First quarter
RH: Amare Barboza 3 run (MJ Torres run)
Third quarter
LM: Colby Cables 7 run (Cables pass from Jack Stanislaw)
Fourth quarter
RH: Brody Troiano 19 FG
RH: Barboza 4 run (Troiano kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Lewis Mills — Evan Pannuto 1-2, James Roben 11-57, Trey Gagne 1-18, Jack Stanislaw 2-20, Seamus Hannon 5-26, Colby Cables 6-28
PASSING: Lewis Mills — Jack Stanislaw 11-20-3, 90
RECEIVING: Lewis Mills — Roben 4-22, Gagne 1-15, Hannon 1-minus 4, Cables 3-5, Logan Cowger 4-4
This will be updated with additional information as it becomes available
Football standings
Pequot Uncas Division
Team | Uncas | Overall |
Rockville | 4-1 | 6-1 |
Granby/Canton | 4-1 | 5-2 |
Ellington | 4-2 | 6-2 |
Stafford/E Windsor/Somers | 3-2 | 4-3 |
Gilbert/NW Reg./Housatonic | 2-2 | 6-2 |
SMSA co-op | 2-3 | 3-4 |
Coventry/WT/Bolton/Lyman | 1-4 | 2-5 |
Windsor Locks/Suffield/EG | 0-5 | 1-6 |
CCC Tier 4 | Division | Overall |
Rocky Hill | 5-0 | 5-2 |
Avon | 4-0 | 4-2 |
Tolland | 4-1 | 5-3 |
Hartford Public | 2-4 | 2-6 |
Lewis Mills | 1-4 | 3-5 |
East Catholic | 1-4 | 2-6 |
NW Catholic | 0-4 | 2-5 |
CCC Tier 1 | Division | Overall |
Maloney | 5-1 | 7-1 |
Southington | 5-1 | 7-1 |
Hall | 4-1 | 7-1 |
Simsbury | 3-3 | 4-4 |
East Hartford | 3-3 | 4-4 |
Conard | 2-3 | 3-5 |
Glastonbury | 1-5 | 2-6 |
New Britain | 0-6 | 1-7 |
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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