Granby/Canton dominates Coventry co-op; River Hawks fall in OT

Granby/Canton QB Vincent Forte (2) completed 8 of 11 passes for 126 yards and three TDs in Friday night’s win over Coventry co-op.

GRANBY, Nov. 10, 2023 – Receiver Ryan Cuniowski caught four passes for 80 yards and two toucdowns while Will Attianese ran for a touchdown and caught a TD pass as Granby/Canton rolled to a 49-8 win over Coventry/Windham Tech/Bolton/Lyman Memorial Friday night in a Pequot Conference Uncas Division contest.

The Bears (8-1, 5-1 Pequot Uncas) can earn a share of the Uncas Division championship with a victory over the SMSA co-op program (7-1, 5-0 Pequot Uncas) next Friday night at Weaver High in Hartford in the final game of the regular season. SMSA faces Windsor Locks co-op on Saturday.

Granby/Canton QB Vincent Forte completed 8-of-11 passes for 126 yards and three touchdowns. The Bear defense didn’t give up a point and allowed just three first downs to the Patriots (0-9, 0-6 Pequot Uncas).

Many of Granby/Canton’s starting players played just about a half of the game.

Granby/Canton 49, Coventry co-op 8
At Granby
Coventry co-op (0-9)             8   0  0  0  — 8
Granby/Canton (8-1)          21  21  7  0  — 49
First quarter
G: Carter Chambers 40 run (Alexander Krauland kick)
G: Will Attianese 44 run (Krauland kick)
Cov: Ciachon 73 kickoff return (xxxx run)
G: Ryan Cuniowski 5 pass from Vincent Forte (Krauland kick)
Second quarter
G: Ryan Cuniowski 25 pass from Vincent Forte (Krauland kick)
G: Forte 9 run (Krauland kick)
G: Attianese 14 pass from Forte (Krauland kick)
Third quarter
G: O.J. Headley 3 run (Krauland kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Granby/Canton – Attianese 6-101, Forte 3-41
PASSING: Granby/Canton – Vincent Forte 8-11-0, 126
RECEIVING: Granby/Canton – Attianese 2-21, Ryan Cuniowski 4-80

RHAM 35, Farmington 29, OT
FARMINGTON, Nov. 10, 2023 – Joseph Fahey ran for three touchdowns including a six-yard run in overtime to lead the RHAM High football team to a 35-29 CCC Tier III victory over Farmington in overtime on Friday night.

The visiting Raptors (5-4, 4-3 CCC Tier III) led 21-7 early in the third quarter before the River Hawks (2-6, 1-6 CCC Tier III) rallied to tie the game with two touchdowns in about 1:30. Jakai Veal scored his second touchdown of the day with 10:29 remaining in the game to pull the River Hawks within a touchdown.

Farmington tied the game at 21-21 on Matthew Rodriguez’ 13-yard TD and the extra point from Joey Kelly with 9:02 remaining.

RHAM took the lead on a 39-yard TD run from Fahey and a successful two-point conversion run by Caden Bellmore with 6:50 left in the game.

Ethan O’Hara’s 21-yard run and his two-point conversion run with 11 seconds left in regulation forced OT.

RHAM 35, Farmington 29, OT
At Farmington
RHAM (5-4)              0  7  6  16  6  — 35
Farmington (2-6)     0  7  0  22  0  — 29
Second quarter
RHAM: Brady Hulland 14 run (Jacob Wazer kick), 10:13
F: Jakai Veal 13 run (Joey Kelly kick), 0:58
Third quarter
RHAM: Daniel Mantilla 7 run (conversion fails)
Fourth quarter
RHAM: Joseph Fahey 5 run (Mantilla run), 11:54
F: Veal 6 run (Kelly kick), 10:29
F: Matthew Rodriguez 13 run (Kelly kick), 9:02
RHAM: Fahey 39 run (Caden Bellmore run), 6:50
F: Ethan O’Hara 21 run (O’Hara run), 0:31
Overtime
RHAM: Fahey 3 run

Hall 42, Simsbury 21
WEST HARTFORD, Nov. 10, 2023 – Quarterback Bode Smith completed 8-of-13 passes for 243 yards and three touchdowns as the Titans beat Simsbury, 42-21 in a Tier I contest at Hall High. Smith also ran for a pair of touchdowns. Simsbury QB Patrick Matyczyk threw a pair of touchdown passes for the Trojans while Adontayh Gonzalez scored on a 70-yard punt return.

Hall 42, Simsbury 21
At West Hartford
Simsbury (1-8)          7    7  0  7  — 21
Hall (6-3)                    7  21  7  7  — 42
First quarter
S: Alex Medina 4 pass from Patrick Matyczyk (Nolan Pendergast kick)
H: Jordan Brice 38 pass from Bode Smith (Cooper Griffin kick)
Second quarter
H: Brice 26 pass from Smith (Griffin kick)
H: Smith 1 run (Griffin kick)
H: Colin McGann 44 pass from Smith (Griffin kick)
S: Medina 17 pass from Matyczyk (Pendergast kick)
Third quarter
H: Smith 5 run (Griffin kick)
Fourth quarter
H: Jackson Bracken 6 run (Griffin kick)
S: Adontayh Gonzalez 70 punt return (Pendergast kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Hall – Jackson Bracken 20-104, Owen Puello 1-4, Colin McGann 1-13, Bode Smith 4-23, Zahir Butler 5-11, Tommy Hussey 2-2
PASSING: Hall – Bode Smith 8-13-1, 243
RECEIVING: Hall – Cooper Griffin 2-63, Zach Anderson 1-41, Jordan Brice 4-98, Colin McGann 2-52