Saturday Sept. 24
FOOTBALL
Granby/Canton 33, CREC co-op 6
Weston 42, Lewis Mills 7
State football scores
BOYS SOCCER
FCIAC/CCC Challenge Cup: Trumbull 1, Farmington 0
FIELD HOCKEY
Avon 2, Stonington 0
CROSS COUNTRY
Winding Trails Invitational at Farmington
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
North Carolina State 41, UConn 10
FOOTBALL
Granby/Canton 33, CREC co-op 6
At Enfield
Granby/Canton (2-1) 17 9 7 0 —33
CREC co-op (1-2) 0 0 0 6 — 6
First quarter
G/C: George Horst 38 FG, 9:00
G/C: Luke Maher 24 fumble recovery (Horst kick), 8:42
G/C: William Attianese 22 pass from Will Migliaccio (Horst kick), 2:23
Second quarter
G/C: Connor Richardson 8 pass from Migliaccio (Horst kick), 5:08
G/C: Safety. Saladin Atkinson tackles QB in end zone, 2:09
Third quarter
G/C: Maher 74 fumble recovery (Horst kick), 1:25
Fourth quarter
C: Elijah Williams 53 pass from Keith Agba (kick wide), 6:09
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Granby/Canton – William Attianese 4-9, Khalil Thomas 1-1, Luke Maher 9-70, Robbie Dlubac 2-3, Charles Attianese 1-11; CREC – Keith Agba 10-minus 36, Kemar Wright 4-19, Jose Betancourt 16-41, Ju-Sean Thomas 1-0, team 1-minus 23
PASSING: Granby/Canton – William Migliaccio 11-26-1, 120; CREC – Keith Agna 4-10-1, 77
RECEIVING: Granby/Canton – William Attianese 5-53, Charles Attianese 2-24, Connor Richardson 3-36, Luke Maher 1-7; CREC – Jayden Gist 2-18, Elijah Williams 1-53
RETURNS – Punt: Maher (G) 1-10; Kickoffs: Maher (G) 1-17, Carter Chambers (G) 1-7, Williams (C) 2-23, Thomas (C) 2-10
INTERCEPTIONS: Horst (G) 1-0, Taurin Nesmith (C) 1-0; FUMBLE REC: Maher (G) 3-98; Rakim Murray (C) 1-0; SACKS: J’Vion Serrano (C) 1-9, Saladin Atkinson (G) 1-14, Tristan Sidrane (G) 1-7, John Nolan (G) 1-3
Weston 42, Lewis Mills 7
At Burlington
Weston (1-2) 7 28 7 0 — 42
Lewis Mills (1-2) 0 0 0 7 — 7
First quarter
W: Nic Psichaidas 3 run (Sean Esslinger kick)
Second quarter
W: Psichaidas 2 run (Esslinger kick)
W: Gino Carusone 37 run (Esslinger kick)
W: Esslinger 1 run (Esslinger kick)
W: Jay Watson 21 pass from Psichaidas (Esslinger kick)
Third quarter
W: Nico Balbao 41 pass from Psichaidas (Esslinger kick)
Fourth quarter
LM: Tyler Pierzchalski 23 pass from Larry Weaver (Mateo Dolzadelli kick)
Individual statistics
PASSING: Lewis Mills – Larry Weaver 4-9-0, 82
RUSHING: Lewis Mills – James Roben 6-15, Larry Weaver 6-minus 36, Noah Moriarty 8-17
RECEIVING: Lewis Mills – James Roben 1-24, Tyler Pierzchalski 1-23, Evan Dougherty 2-35
CROSS COUNTRY
8th annual Winding Trails Invitational
At Farmington
LARGE SCHOOL BOYS
Team results – 1. Glastonbury 67, 2. Cheshire 83, 3. New Canaan 96, 4. Avon 101, 5. Fairfield Ludlowe 128. Others: 11. Farmington 263
Individual results: 1. Francis Porrini, Bristol Central, 16:03 for 3.1 miles, 2. Harrison Krause, Glastonbury, 16:06, 3. William Lancaster, Avon, 16:46, 4. Tyler Caron, Cheshire, 16:53, 5. Soheib Dissa, Newtown, 17:05, 6. Thomas Armistead, Avon 17:10
LARGE SCHOOL GIRLS
Team results – 1. New Canaan 61, 2. Cheshire 90, 3. Fairfield Ludlowe 92, 4. Berlin 100, 5. Farmington 109. Avon did run
Individual results – 1. Alexa Ciccone, Cheshire 19:08 for 3.1 miles, 2. Elianna Savelli, New Canaan, 19:58, 3. Natalia Kmita, Berlin 20:04, 4. Anna Weygang, Farmington 20:36, 5. Claire Fuchs, Fairfield Ludlowe, 20:38
SMALL SCHOOL BOYS
Team results – 1. Suffield 58, 2. Rocky Hill 78, 3. Lewis Mills 92, 4. Granby 119, 5. Somers 125
Individual results – 1. Griffin Mandirola, Suffield 15:54 for 3.1 miles, 2. Brayden Bayek, Rocky Hill 15:59, 3. Liam Fedigan, Law, 16:03, 4. Ben Campion, Somers, 17:17, 5. Daniel DiTunno, Rocky Hill 17:32
SMALL SCHOOL GIRLS
Team results – 1. Somers 57, 2. Ellington 100, 3. Lyman Memorial 118, 4. Foran 134, 5. Suffield 157. Others: 8. Lewis Mills 211.
Individual results – 1. Annecy Vlieks, Hand 19:45, 2. Hazel Deluca, Lyman, 20:27, 3. Johanna Vail, Wooster 20:47, 4. Lindsey Cascio, Lewis Mills 20:50, 5. Helena Coury, St. Bernard 20:56
Friday, Sept. 23
FOOTBALL
Avon 12, Stratford 12
Simsbury 30, Norwalk 6
Farmington 39, Pomperaug 21
State football scores
BOYS SOCCER
FCIAC/CCC Challenge: Avon 3, Ridgefield 2
Canton 2, Granby 0
Plainville 2, Lewis Mills 2
East Granby 2, East Windsor 1
GIRLS SOCCER
Granby 5, Canton 2
East Granby 9, East Windsor/SMSA 0
FIELD HOCKEY
Canton 5, Suffield 0
Granby 3, Enfield 0
Masuk 4, Simsbury 3
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Granby 3, Canton 0 (25-10, 25-18, 25-18)
Simsbury 3, N.W. Catholic 0 (25-5, 25-, 25-11)
BOYS GOLF
Avon 167, Hall 174
FOOTBALL
Simsbury 30, Norwalk 6
At Simsbury
Norwalk (0-3) 0 0 6 0 — 6
Simsbury (1-2) 0 10 14 6 — 30
Second quarter
S: Noble Gongon 4 run (Daniel Sullivan kick), 7:35
S: Sullivan 29 FG, 23.3
Third quarter
S: Gongon 12 run (Sullivan kick), 9:29
S: Austin Coiro 60 pass from Charlie Strayer (Sullivan kick), 1:41
N: Jamar Alcena 58 pass from Dylan Izzi (run failed), 10.3
Fourth quarter
S: Jacob Isabel 11 run (kick fails), 7:32
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Simsbury – Jacob Isabel 11-37, Charlie Strayer 13-48, Noble Gongon 20-166; Norwalk – Jalen Victor 1-4, Nassirah Louisy 5-13, Jamar Alcena 2-minus 7, Dylan Izzi 16-39, Andrew Hernandez 5-13
PASSING: Simsbury – Charlie Strayer 9-13-1, 194, Noble Gongon 1-1-0, 9; Norwalk – Dylan Izzi 9-21-0, 121, Jalen Victor 1-5-1, 4
RECEIVING: Simsbury – Noble Gongon 1-15, Mitch Wallman 3-58, Daniel Sullivan 1-8, Austin Coiro 4-114, Travis Bolognese 1-11; Norwalk – Andrew Hernandez 2-32, Ryan Gilchrist 2-25, Chase Delpalma 2-13, Jayden Diaz 2-6, Jamar Alcena 1-42, Cam Pellitier 1-4
INTERCEPTIONS: Phoenix Diurno (N) 1-17, Austin Coiro (S) 1-33; FUMBLE REC: Ben Roberts (S), Norwalk team; SACKS: Mason Swilley (S) 1-11, Michael Goldberg (S) 1-10
Avon 14, Stratford 12
At Avon
Stratford (1-2) 0 6 0 6 –12
Avon (1-2) 0 0 14 0 — 14
Second quarter
S: Tristen Pena 45 run (run fails)
Third quarter
A: David Minami 1 run (run fails)
A: John Murphy recovers blocked punt in end zone (Connor Lavore run)
Fourth quarter
S: Pena 5 pass from Joe Booska (pass fails)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Avon – Connor Lavore 28-163, David Minami 4-13, Tanner Cote 8-21, Nikolai Meltser 7-19
PASSING: Avon – Lavore 1-1-0, 17
RECEIVING: Avon – Andrew Sielski 1-17
Farmington 39, Pomperaug 21
At Southbury
Farmington (2-1) 6 6 14 13 — 39
Pomperaug (0-3) 0 7 6 8 — 21
First quarter
F: Luke Watson 73 run (kick fails)
Second quarter
F: Griffin Kiniry 10 pass from Kevin Ives (pass fails)
P: Johnny Gogas 2 run (No. 46 kick)
Third quarter
F: Watson 6 run (Jacob Skinner kick)
F: Watson 40 pass from Ives (Skinner kick)
P: Gogas 3 run (run fails)
Fourth quarter
F: Watson 65 run (kick blocked)
F: Ives 6 un (Skinner kick)
P: Gogas 5 run (No. 83 pass from Cole Tepedino)
BOYS SOCCER
Avon 3, Ridgefield 2
At Farmington
Avon (3-1-1) 0 3 — 3
Ridgefield (2-4-1) 2 0 — 2
Goals: Braden Gilbey (A) 2, Ian Nevins (A), Assists: Diego Garza (A), Lucas Monteiro (A), Andres Palaez (R), own goal; Saves: Buster Akers (A) 3, Ian Uecker (R) 9
BOYS GOLF
Avon 167, Hall 174
At West Hartford
Avon (167) Blake Barrett 42, Nate Gaul 40, Luke Coppen 51, Robbie Blackwell 45, Geoff Machado 40
Hall (174) Kevin Brown 46, Quinn Navin 44, Jadon Johnson 41, Alex Yuan 47, Ben Puzzo 43
Medalist: Geoff Machado (A) and Nathan Gaul (A) 40 at Rockledge Country Club
Records: Hall 3-7, Avon 9-4
Thursday, Sept. 22
BOYS SOCCER
Farmington 1, Conard 1
Simsbury at Northwest Catholic, ppd.
GIRLS SOCCER
Hall 3, Avon 2
Wethersfield 4, Canton 2
Northeast Catholic 1, Simsbury 0
Farmington 2, Conard 0
Lewis Mills 5, Plainville 1
FIELD HOCKEY
Farmington 1, Cheshire 0
Granby 6, Somers/Rockville 0
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Avon 3, Hall 2 (25-19, 19-25, 25-20, 20-25, 15-6)
Platt 3, Lewis Mills 0 (15-14, 25-18, 25-12)
BOYS GOLF
Avon at Hall, ppd. to Sept. 23
Conard 148, Simsbury 158
Wednesday, Sept. 21
BOYS SOCCER
East Granby 6, University/Prince Tech 0
GIRLS SOCCER
Ellington 7, Granby 2
FIELD HOCKEY
Simsbury 2, Canton 1
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Windsor Locks at Canton
Hall 16, Farmington 47
Hall 27, Simsbury 32
Simsbury 18, Farmington 42: Winner: Jonathan Pincus (H) 18:07 for 3.1 miles at Winding Trails, Farmington
Suffield 15, East Granby 50
Suffield 24, Bolton 31
Bolton 15, East Granby 50; Winner: Griffin Mandirola (S) 16:04 for 3.1 miles at East Granby
Granby 18, Stafford 43
Granby 15, Coventry 50
Stafford 27, Coventry 28; Winner: Daniel Owen (G) 19:05 for 3.1 miles at Laidlaw Park, Coventry
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Windsor Locks at Canton
Hall 21, Simsbury 34
Hall 25, Farmington 31
Farmington 26, Simsbury 31; Winner: Julia Zydanowicz (H) 20:52 for 3.1 miles at Winding Trails, Farmington
Stafford 15, Coventry 50
Stafford 22, Granby 36
Granby 15, Coventry 50; Winner: Lexi Magrey (C) 21:42 for 3.1 miles at Laidlaw Park, Coventry
Bolton 15, East Granby 50
Bolton 21, Suffield 32
Suffield 15, East Granby 50; Winner: Sophia Balskis (B) for 3.1 miles at East Granby
Going to the Sun Invitational: 1. East Hampton 50, 2. Avon 76, 3. Hale-Ray 90, 4. Old Saybrook 102, 5. Holy Cross 106, 6. Coginchaug 119, 7. Portland 126
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Rockville 3, Canton 1 (25-19, 21-25, 25-22, 25-13)
Lewis Mills 3, Enfield 0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-22)
Simsbury 3, Bristol Eastern 0 (25-21, 27-25, 25-18)
Granby 3, SMSA 0 (25-10, 25-22, 2-22)
Bristol Central 3, Farmington 0
BOYS GOLF
Avon 161, Wethersfield 172, Rocky Hill 212. Medalist: Blake Barrett (A) 38 at Wethersfield CC
PRO SOCCER
Loudoun (Va.) United, 3, Hartford 0
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Going to the Sun Invitational
At Durham (Coginchaug)
Team results – 1. East Hampton 50, 2. Avon 76, 3. Hale-Ray 90, 4. Old Saybrook 102, 5. Holy Cross 106, 6. Coginchaug 119, 7. Portland 126
Top 10 results –1. Samantha Park, Maloney, 20:49.30 for 3.1 miles at Coginchaug, 2. Lillian Tabellione, Portland, 21:11, 3. Sarah Evans, Hale-Ray 21:24, 4. Laura Funderburk, Avon 21:26, 5. Emma Braga, East Hampton 21:42, 6. Ying Ying Cheng, Avon, 21:50, 7. Payton Mozelak, Thomaston, 21:57, 8. Julie Anderson, Hale-Ray 21:59, 9. Catherine Minegar, Old Saybrook, 22:00, 10. Camryn Sprague, East Hampton, 22:04
Other Avon runners: 17. Ava Keleher 23:14, 31. Katelyn Westerberg 24:29, 32. Miriae Ek 24:37, 36. Suhaana Jadia 25:04, 51. Gianna Godbout 27:21
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Going to the Sun Invitational
At Durham (Coginchaug)
Team results – 1. Hale-Ray 36, 2. East Hampton 92, 3. Holy Cross 99, 4. Old Saybrook 108, 5. Coginchaug 127, 6. Thomaston 128, 7. Maloney 136, 8. Portland 162. (Avon did not compete)
Winner: Michael Kraszewski, Hale-Ray 17:04 for 3.1 miles
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Lewis Mills 3, Enfield 0 (25-20, 25-21, 25-22)
Highlights: Mills — Mills: Alyssa Behrendt 9 digs, 5 kills; Cassie Martinotti 5 digs, 1 block, 1 assist, 1 dig; Enfield — Enfield: Elektra Bourassa 6 kills, 1 ace, Lana Wilkie 12 digs, 2 aces
Records: Mills 4-2, Enfield 0-5
Tuesday, Sept. 20
BOYS SOCCER
Canton 2, Rockville 0
Granby 5, East Granby 0
Farmington 4, Bristol Eastern 1
GIRLS SOCCER
Avon 1, Rocky Hill 1
Canton 2, Rockville 1
Berlin 1, Lewis Mills 0
Granby 5, East Granby 1
Glastonbury 1, Farmington 0
Simsbury 1, Wethersfield 1
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Lewis Mills 18, Bristol Eastern 43
Lewis Mills 15, Berlin 45
Berlin 27, Bristol Eastern 30
Glastonbury 23, Avon 32
Glastonbury 19, Conard 39
Avon 21, Conard 37
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Berlin 19, Bristol Eastern 42
Berlin 15, Lewis Mills 50
Bristol Eastern 15, Lewis Mills 50
Glastonbury 15, Avon 50
Glastonbury 15, Conard 50
Conard 16, Avon 47
BOYS GOLF
Avon 156, Simsbury 167
Farmington 145, Lewis Mills 168
GIRLS SWIMMING
Farmington 92, Meriden co-op 86
BOYS SOCCER
Canton 2, Rockville 1
At Canton
Rockville (2-2) 1 0 — 1
Canton (3-1) 0 2 — 2
Goals: Thomas Gibbons (C), Raheim Nelson (C), Sebastian Patino (R); Assists: Spencer Abbott (C), Ryan Welller (C); Saves: Gavyn Munson (C) 4; Shots on goal: Rockville, 6-5
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Lewis Mills 18, Bristol Eastern 43
Lewis Mills 15, Berlin 45
Berlin 27, Bristol Eastern 30
Top 10 runners: Nicholas Atkins (LM) 19:35 for 3.1 miles at Page Park, 2. Apollo Josephson (LM) 19:38, 3. Dominic Tartarelli (Eastern) 19:43, 4. Jameson Sederquist (LM) 19:53, 5. Zachary Barth (LM) 20:10, 6. David Iacino (LM) 20:11, 7. Austin Val da Serra (Berlin) 20:38, 8. Ryan Markey (Berlin) 20:52, 9. Chase Hedrick (LM) 21:09, 10. Xander Gabor (Berlin) 21:25
Glastonbury 23, Avon 32
Glastonbury 19, Conard 39
Avon 21, Conard 37
At Glastonbury
Top 10 runners: Krause (G) 14:15 for 2.7 miles at J.B. Williams Park, Glastonbury, 2. Will Lancaster (A) 14:22, 3. Colletti (G) 15:08, 4. Thomas Armistead (A) 15:11, 5. Pena (G) 15:24, 6. Walters (C) 15:39, 7. Dicciozza (C) 15:40, 8. Crawford (G) 16:03, 9. Will Nusom (A) 16:05, 10. G. Cone (G) 16:13
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Berlin 19, Bristol Eastern 42
Berlin 15, Lewis Mills 50
Bristol Eastern 15, Lewis Mills 50
At Bristol Eastern
Top 10 runners: Natalia Kmita (Berlin) 22:54 for 3.1 miles at Page Park, 2. Kaelyn Gonzalez (Eastern) 24:01, 3. Ginny Mullin (LM) 25:08, 4. Claudia Jankovich (Berlin) 25:36, 5. Nadia Malec (Berlin) 26:40, 6. Anna Butrimas (Berlin) 27:07, 7. Victoria Vozyshayeva (Berlin) 27:15, 8. Reilly Greene (LM) 28:02, 9. Lauren Ayotte (Eastern) 28:14, 10. Katie Tierney (Berlin) 28:42
Glastonbury 15, Avon 50
Glastonbury 15, Conard 50
Conard 16, Avon 47
Winner: Brooke Strauss (G) 17:15 for 2.7 miles at J.B. Williams Park, Glastonbury
BOYS GOLF
Avon 156, Simsbury 167
At Avon
Simsbury (167) Ryan Donahue 40, Toby Mendes 45, Cam Swan 43, Aidan Ouellette 39, Adam Vincent 45
Avon (156) Blake Barrett 38, Nathan Gaul 36, Luke Coppen 43, Tyler Gresch 39, Jack D’Ochhio 50
Medalist: Nathan Gaul (A) 36 at Blue Fox Run (par 36)
Records: Avon 6-4
Monday, Sept. 19
BOYS SOCCER
Lewis Mills 4, Avon 1
Farmington at Bristol Eastern, ppd. to Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Simsbury 2, East Hartford 0
FIELD HOCKEY
Conard 2, Avon 1
South Windsor at Farmington, ppd. to Oct. 6, 4:30 p.m.
Newington 5, Lewis Mills 3
Simsbury at Wethersfield, ppd.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Conard 3, Avon 1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-14, 25-23)
SMSA 3, Canton 1 (25-15, 25-19, 21-25, 25-12)
Maloney 3, Lewis Mills 0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-14)
East Granby 3, East Windsor 2
Granby 3, Bolton 0 (25-16, 25-14, 25-21)
Farmington 3, Hall 0 (25-6, 25-14, 25-18)
Southington 3, Simsbury 0 (25-21, 25-15, 25-20)
BOYS GOLF
Northwest Catholic 164, Lewis Mills 170
BOYS GOLF
Northwest Catholic 164, Lewis Mills 170
At Harwinton
NW Catholic (164) Cole Banning 36, Tanner Ostop 39, Ben Hall 45, Arjun Mautriprajdate 45, Evan Wilson 44
Lewis Mills (170) Aiden Carrano 39, Eli Pelletier 141, Liam O’Sullivan 46, Max Dinunzio 46, Alex Parker 44
Medalist: Cole Banning (NWC) 36 at Fairview Farms (par 36)
Records: Lewis Mills 0-7
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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 Connecticut Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2025 and the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.
