It’s opening week for the 2022 high school spring sports in Connecticut. Coaches, managers and team officials from any Farmington Valley high school can email results to us at [email protected]
Saturday, April 9
GIRLS LACROSSE
Canton 13, Old Lyme 8
BOYS LACROSSE
Simsbury 8, Notre Dame-West Haven 8
PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 13, Binghamton 2
Friday, April 8
BASEBALL
Canton 7, Rockville 1
Farmington 5, Simsbury 1
Glastonbury at Avon, ppd. to April 14
SOFTBALL
Glastonbury 1, Avon 0
Rockville at Canton, ppd. TBA
Simsbury 12, Farmington 0 (5)
BOYS LACROSSE
Avon 16, Rocky Hill 1
Somers 16, Canton 12
GIRLS LACROSSE
Avon 18, Berlin 13
Canton 12, Somers 6
Farmington 19, Rocky Hill 3
BOYS TENNIS
Avon 6, South Windsor 1
Farmington 7, Tolland 0
Ellington 7, Canton/East Granby 0
GIRLS GOLF
Farmington 253, Canton 276
PRO BASEBALL
Binghamton 8, Hartford 2
BASEBALL
Canton 7, Rockville 1
At Vernon
Canton (3-0) 510 000 1 — 7-8-1
Rockville (1-1) 100 000 0 – 1-3-3
Devin Brown and Nate Asmar; Tiernan Doyle, Jacob Niemyczyk (3) and unknown; WP: Brown; LP: Doyle; 2B: Owen Federowicz (R), Robbie Dlubac (C), Shane LaPointe (C)
Farmington 5, Simsbury 1
At Simsbury
Simsbury (0-2) 000 010 0 — 1-5-0
Farmington (1-1) 003 020 x – 5-3-4
Evan Odegard, Jacob Cohen (5), Nick Cordani (5), Cameron Denalsky (7) and unknown; Garrett Synder, Sanjay Patel (6) and Thomas Keough; WP: Odegard; LP: Synder; 2B: Mitchell Wallman (S)
SOFTBALL
Glastonbury 1, Avon 0
At Glastonbury
Avon (0-1) 000 000 0 — 0-6-2
Glastonbury 010 000 x — 1-2-1
Jackie Pengal and Amanda Hasler; B. Tracey and S. Scarto; WP: Tracey; LP: Pengal (0-1); 2B: Hasler (A) 2, Pengal (A) , Kayla Jette (A)
BOYS TENNIS
Avon 6, South Windsor 1
At South Windsor
Singles: Liam Hovorka (A) def. Mukhil Olinilavan, 6-2, 6-1; William Mathias (A) dec. Kevin Joseph, 6-0, 6-0; Ryan Hovorka (A) def. Roger Mao, 6-1, 6-1; Vishant Kandipilli (A) dec. Suriya Singaravelu 6-2, 6-0
Doubles: Vrishab Murali/Sri Sripada (SW) def. Amaan Baueja/Ali Rizvi, 6-2,7-6, 7-5; Ravi Corrie/Michael Chen (A) def. Trinay Hariharan/Noah Marques, 6-3, 6-0; Sriam Jetty/Chinmay Vadlamudi (A) def. Mike Pancras/Diyar Al Mamoury, 2-6, 6-4, 10-2
Records: Avon 2-0, South Windsor 0-1
Thursday, April 7
BOYS LACROSSE
Canton 16, Watertown 11
Farmington 8, Simsbury 7
GIRLS LACROSSE
Bacon Academy 14, Avon 11
Granby 12, Ellington 11
ULTIMATE
Avon 15, Xavier JV 3
PRO SOCCER
U.S. Open Cup: Hartford 3, Oyster Bay 1
BOYS LACROSSE
Canton 16, Watertown 11
At Canton
Watertown (1-1) 2 2 3 4 — 11
Canton (2-0) 3 4 4 5 — 16
Goals: Ryan Weller (Ca) 7, Mark Freedenberg (Ca) 5, Ryker Bahre (Ca) 3, Bruce Colella (W) 3, Joseph LeChance (W) 2, Evan Smuthey (W) 3, Tobias Koval (W) 2; Assists: Jake Bunnell (Ca), Weller (Ca) 4, Freedenberg (Ca) 2, Mason Buckley (Ca), E. Smuthey (W), Delcarmine (W); Saves: John Madden (Ca) 8, Shaughnessy Haase (W) 3
PRO SOCCER
Hartford Athletic 3, Oyster Bay 1
At Hartford
Oyster Bay (1-1) 0 1 — 1
Hartford (1-2-1) 0 3 — 3
Goals: H — 50′ Joel Johnson (Luka Prpa); 70′ Luka Prpa; Prince Saydee 90 + 2; OB — 59′ Junior Rosero (penalty kick); Saves: Jimmy Slayton (H) 2, Jean Perez (OB) 2; Shots: Hartford 15-13, Shots on target: Hartford 5-3; Corners: Hartford 8-1; Fouls: Hartford 10-6; Offsides: Hartford, 5-0; Possession: Hartford 59.3%, Oyster Bay 40.7
Hartford Athletic lineup –– 31 (GK) Jimmy Slayton, 4 (DF) Tulu, 5 (DF) Tom Brewitt, 23 (DF) Modou Jadama, 30 (DF) Joel Johnson, 8 (MF) Peter-Lee Vassell (Conor McGlynn, 60′); 11 (MF) Luka Prpa, 14 (DF) Ash Apollon, 25 (Damon Rouse, 94′); (MF) Pearse O’Brien (Danny Barrera, 60′); 9 (FW) Juan Carlos Obregón Jr. (Rashawn Dally, 45′); 17 (FW) Mitchell Curry (Prince Saydee, 60′)
Oyster Bay lineup — 1 (GK) Jean Perez, 2 (DF) Milorod Sabot, 8 (DF) Akeem Morris, 7 (FW) Sebastian Ruiz, 9 (FW) Junior Rosario, 14 (MF) Franco Paz, 15 (FW) Delwin Hernandez (J. Jameis, 53′); 17 (MF) Wilber Gomez (R. Saybolt, 78′); 37 (DF) Jeison Solano, 13 (DF) Dillon Woods, 21 (MF) Said Giorgini
Wednesday, April 6
SOFTBALL
Avon at Hartford Public, ppd., rain
GIRLS LACROSSE
Simsbury 9, Agawam, Mass. 6
Farmington 11, Hall 8
BOYS TENNIS
Wethersfield at Avon, ppd., rain
Canton/East Granby at Suffield, ppd., rain
GIRLS TENNIS
Suffield at Canton, ppd., rain
TRACK and FIELD
Boys: Hall 132, Avon 18
Girls: Hall 138, Avon 12
GIRLS GOLF
Simsbury 201, Avon 223
Lewis Mills 221, Canton 238
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Hall 3, Lewis Mills 0
Conard 3, Farmington 2 (19-25, 25-20, 23-25, 26-24, 15-9)
Enfield 3, Simsbury 0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-23)
ULTIMATE
Avon 15, Middletown JV 3
Tuesday, April 5
BASEBALL
Canton 8, Bolton 3
Tolland 8, Avon 6
Newington 10, Farmington 4
E.O. Smith 7, Simsbury 0
Rockville 3, Granby 1
Lewis Mills 6, E.O. Smith 1
East Granby 10, SMSA 0 (5)
SOFTBALL
Bolton 9, Canton 5
Simsbury 23, East Hartford 4
Gilbert 11, East Granby 7
Maloney 23, Lewis Mills 1
BOYS LACROSSE
Farmington 10, Avon 9
GIRLS LACROSSE
Canton 19, Rockville 3
Granby 18, Somers 17
BOYS TENNIS
Simsbury 7, New Britain 0
E.O. Smith 6, Lewis Mills 1
GIRLS TENNIS
Tolland 7, Lewis Mills 0
TRACK AND FIELD
Boys: Canton 94, East Windsor 46
Girls: Canton 111, East Windsor 25
BASEBALL
Canton 8, Bolton 3
At Canton
Bolton (0-1) 000 120 0 — 3-0-1
Canton (2-0) 250 100 x — 8-14-3
Ben Post, Ben Roth (5) and Patrick Frommer; Sammy Lincoln, Tanner Quinn (6) and Nate Asmar; WP: Lincoln (1-0); LP: Post; 2B: Robbie Dlubac (C), Lincoln (C), Asmar (C), Shane LaPointe (C)
Tolland 8, Avon 6
At Tolland
Avon (0-2) 000 311 1 — 6-6-3
Tolland (2-0) 200 213 x — 8-8-1
Harry Engle, Danny Gallher (6), Parker Jobe (6) and Emmett Borenstein; Joey Keane, Nate Bores (6) and unknown; WP: Keane; LP: H. Engle (0-1); 2B: none; 3B: none; HR: Tabor Engle (A) 2, Connor Lavore (A), Evan Albert (T), Joey Keane (T)
E.O. Smith 7, Simsbury 0
At Simsbury
E.O. Smith (1-0) 000 002 5 — 7-10-0
Simsbury (0-1) 000 000 0 — 0-4-1
A. Gilbert, Diego Mercado (7) and unknown; Kyle Flynn, Evan Odegard (7), Mitchell Wallman (7) and unknown; WP: Gilbert; LP: Flynn (0-1)
Newington 10, Farmington 4
At Newington
Farmington (0-1) 020 010 1 — 4-6-3
Newington (2-0) 701 020 x — 10-10-1
Brendan Kelly, Sajay Patel (4) and Thomas Keough; Newington batter not available; WP: not available; LP: Kelly; 2B: Brendan Kelly (F), HR: Cole Caccamo (F)
BOYS TRACK
Canton 94, East Windsor 46
At Canton
4×800: Canton 10:14.5
4×100: East Windsor 47.3, Canton 47.6
100: John Rottkamp (Ca) 12.0, Taylor Ribeiro (EW) 12.0, Jalen Ruff (EW) 12.45
200: John Rottkamp (Ca) 24.5, Rohando Pierre-Louis (EW) 24.9, Taylor Ribeiro (EW) 25.7
400: Ethan Neelev (Ca) 58,4, Rohando Pierre-Louis (EW) 59.05, Colin Geelan (Ca) 59.2
800: Thomas Purcell (Ca) 2:01.8, Josh Maddox (EW) 2:17.0, Garrett Dolin (Ca) 2:24.0
1,600: Thomas Purcell (Ca) 4:57.45, Josh Maddox (EW) 5:15.4, Liam O’Donnell (Ca) 5:40.9
3,200: Liam O’Donnell (Ca) 12:44.6, John Holowesko (Ca) 13:24.5
4×400: Canton 3:59.2, East Windsor 4:09.2
110 hurdles: Nathan Cournean (C) 16.2
300 hurdles: Nathan Cournean (Ca) 44.6, Lorenzo Resto (EW) 47.05, John Holowesko (Ca) 53.9
Shot: Nicholas Holowesko (Ca) 29-1, Broderick Wilczak (EW) 24-0, Jamir Bennett (Ca) 23-9
Discus: Nicholas Holowesko (Ca) 80-11, Alex Harraden (Ca) 66-7, Jamir Bennett (Ca) 54-8
Javelin: Liam O’Connell (Ca) 88-8, Ethan Neelev (Ca) 75-8, Michael Auretta (EW) 70-8
Long jump: Rohando Pierre-Louis (EW) 19-0, Nathan Cournean (Ca) 18-10½, Lorenzo Resto (EW) 18-0½
Triple jump: Nathan Cournean (Ca) 37-5, Hunter Bovee (EW)
High jump: Hunter Bovee (EW) 5-0, Edgar Rodriguez (EW) 4-9, Garrett Dolin (EW) 4-9
Pole vault: John Rottkamp (Ca) 10-0
Records: Canton 1-0, East Windsor 0-1
GIRLS TRACK
Canton 111, East Windsor 25
At Canton
4×800: Canton 13:09.9
4×100: East Windsor 56.3, Canton 58.8, East Windsor B 1:02.8
100: Teia Tuccillo (Ca) 13.75, Melanie Ramos (EW) 14.1, Julia Clayton (EW) 14.5
200: Teia Tuccillo (Ca) 29.4, Grace Asmar (Ca) 32.8, Aniva Gonzalez (Ca) 34.7
400: Juliana Cavanaugh (Ca) 1:08.05, Devin Allen (EW) 1:13.4, Kaitlyn Bicking (Ca) 1:15.1
800: Jenna Cuniowski (Ca) 2:49.6, Stella Eck (Ca) 3:09
1,600: Kylie Wishneski (Ca) 7:14.9, Grace First (Ca) 7:16.8
3,200: Grace First (Ca) 16:22.2
100 hurdles: Novalee Dean (C) 19.8, Eleanor Wallace (Ca) 20.9, Fiona Griffin (Ca) 25.1
300 hurdles: Eleanor Wallace (Ca) 1:00.5, Kylie Wishneski (Ca) 1:01.4, Taylor Potter (Ca) 1:06.0
4×400: Canton 4:51.5, Canton B 5:15.9, East Windsor 5:28.9
Shot: Julia Lau (Ca) 28-6½, Lauren Marze (Ca) 24-8, Grace Biega (Ca) 22-5½
Discus: Julia Lau (Ca) 100-10, Grace First (Ca) 66-6, Grace Biega (Ca) 66-1
Javelin: Julia Lau (Ca) 87-9, Grace Biega (Ca) 52-0, Novalee Dean (Ca) 51-9
Long jump: Melanie Ramos (EW) 13-2, Aniva Gonzalez (EW) 12-0, Taylor Potter (Ca) 11-8½
Triple jump: Jenna Cuniowski (Ca) 28-9¾
High jump: Jenna Cuniowski and Mia Bulgalewski (EW) 4-0, 3. Julianna Cavanaugh (Ca) 4-0
Pole vault: Novaleee Dean (Ca) 6-0
Records: Canton 1-0, East Windsor 0-1
BOYS TENNIS
E.O. Smith 6, Lewis Mills 1
At Storrs
Singles: Max Boulay (S) def. Giona Battisto (LM) 6-1, 6-3; Leonard Schweitzer (S) defeated Alex Barth (LM) 6-0, 6-1; Jake Bernstein (S) def. Charles Lincoln (LM) 6-3, 6-1; Andrew Li (S) def. Cameron Smith (LM) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles: Max Boulay and Levi Zurew-Friedland (S) def. Elliot Searle and Tristan Mooney (LM) 6-3, 6-2; Max Dinunzio and Aiden Carrano (LM) def. Ethan Hanzlik and Gabe Aguero (S) 3-6, 6-3, 10-6; Sasha Filipovic and Francesco D’Allesandro (S) def.Sean Case and Ethan Braddock (LM) 6-2, 6-3
Records: Lewis Mills 0-1
GIRLS TENNIS
Tolland 7, Lewis Mills 0
At Tolland
Singles: Elizabeth Ly (T) def. Klaudia Willard 6-0, 6-0; Robyn Avery (T) def. Hailey Maiga, 6-3, 6-2; Rochelle Cormier (T) def. Bella Caruso, 6-0, 6-0; Zoe Livingston (T) def. Aurielle Weatherspoon, 6-0, 6-0
Doubles: Olivia Longo/Julia Kohl (T) def. Sammi Nestor/Summer Abdelrihem, 6-2, 6-1; Mia Bos/Abbey Greene (T) def. Amy Crossman/Ally Eichner, 6-0, 6-0; Taylor Grant/Danica Himes (T) def. Liz Atkins/Sofia Hogan 6-2, 6-0
Records: Tolland 1-0, Lewis Mills 0-1
Monday April 4
BASEBALL
Windsor 5, Avon 3
Canton 19, Gilbert 1 (5)
SOFTBALL
Simsbury 2, Canton 1
BOYS LACROSSE
Canton 14, Rockville/Coventry/Stafford 2
GIRLS LACROSSE
Farmington 16, Avon 8
BOYS TENNIS
Avon 7, Stonington 0
GIRLS TENNIS
Simsbury 6, Bristol Eastern 1
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Farmington 3, East Hartford 0 (25-16, 25-8, 25-10)
Wolcott Tech 3, Lewis Mills 0 (25-17, 25-21, 25-22)
BASEBALL
Canton 19, Gilbert 1 (5)
At Canton
Gilbert (0-1) 0 0 0 10 — 1-1-4
Canton (1-0) 6(10)0 3x – 19-19-3
Gilbert battery unavailable; Devin Brown, Nate Hiscox (3) and Nate Asmar; WP: Brown (1-0); LP: Caleb Goodell (0-1); 2B: Sammy Lincoln (C) 2, Noah Asmar (C) 2, Shane Lapointe (C), Rob Dlubac (C), Brown (C), Charlie Eck (C), Tanner Quinn (C)
Windsor 5, Avon 3
At Avon
Windsor (1-0) 100 121 0 — 5-5-3
Avon (0-1) 003 000 0 — 3-6-2
Windsor battery unavailable; Alex Grant, Parker Jobe (6), Danny Galliher (7) and Emmett Borenstein; WP: unknown; LP: Grant (0-1)
BOYS LACROSSE
Canton 14, Rockville/Coventry/Stafford co-op 2
At Canton
Canton (1-0) 3 7 4 0 — 14
Rockville co-op (0-1)
Canton goals and assists: Ryan Weller 6-4, Mark Freedenberg 2-2, Ryker Bahre 1-0, Braeden Antarsh 1-1, Will Wahlburger 2-0, Tristin Sidrane 2-0, Liam Glasson 0-1, Mason Buckley 0-2; Saves John Madden (C) 2 saves
Saturday, April 2
GIRLS LACROSSE
Canton 5, Hall 4
Granby 12, N.W. Catholic 3
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Darien 3, Farmington 0 (25-10, 25-13, 25-17)
Cheshire 3, Simsbury 1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-20, 25-20)
PRO SOCCER
Atlanta United II 2, Hartford Athletic 1
Atlanta United II 2, Hartford 1
At Hartford
Atlanta United II (2-3) 1 1 — 2
Hartford (0-2-1) 0 1 — 1
Goals: Atlanta — 45+1′ – Nick Firmino (Robbie Mertz); 58′ – Nick Firmino (Erik Centeno); 70′ – Own goal
Saves: Justin Garces (A) 5, Austin Pack (H) 1; Shots: Hartford, 18-5; Shots on target: Hartford, 5-3; Corners: Hartford, 5-0; Offsides: Hartford 4-2; Possession: Atlanta 64.1 to 39.5
Starting lineups
Hartford — 1 (GK) Austin Pack ,2 (DF) Younes Boudadi, 5 (DF) Tom Brewitt, 23 (DF) Modou Jadama, 30 (DF) Joel Johnson 20 (MF) Christian Gomez (Ashkanov Apollon, 56′) 28 (MF) Conor McGlynn 77 (Luka Prpa, 45′); (MF) Andre Lewis, 10 (FW) Danny Barrera 9, (FW) Juan Carlos Obregón Jr. (Mitchell Curry, 65′); 7 (FW) Prince Saydee (Jeciel Cedeno, 78′)
Atlanta United II — 25 (GK) Justin Garces, 2 (DF) Aiden McFadden, 39 (DF) Noah Cobb, 33 (DF) Michael Ambrose, 29 (MF) Nick Firmino (Alan Carelton, 97′); 34 (MF) Brendan Lambe, 14 (MF) Robbie Mertz, 31 (MF) Erik Centeno, 37 (FW) Jonantan Villal (Ajani Fortune, 60′); 11 (FW) David Mejia (Grant Howard, 65′); 41 (FW) Luke Brennan (Darwin Matheus, 45′)
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.