Sunday, Sept. 15
PRO BASKETBALL
Las Vegas 84, Connecticut 71
PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 5, Akron 4 (Regular season finale)
Saturday, Sept. 14
FOOTBALL
Ellington 24, Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby 7
BOYS SOCCER
Canton 2, Suffield 1
Farmington 1, Xavier 1
Granby 3, Old Lyme 1
Brien McMahon 3, Simsbury 0
GIRLS SOCCER
Somers 1, Canton 0
Granby 4, Old Lyme 0
FIELD HOCKEY
Glastonbury 7, Avon 0
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Duke 26, UConn 21
PRO SOCCER
Hartford 3, Miami FC 0
PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 5, Akron 2
BOYS SOCCER
Canton 2, Suffield 1
At Canton
Goals: Brad Balgach (C), Brayden Zoni (C); Assists: Zoni, Quinn Aleksa (C); Saves: Owen Weller (C) 5, Lucas Mainville (C) 3; Notable: Canton beat Suffield for first time since 2020 and just second time since 2005. Records: Canton 1-2, Suffield 0-3-1
CROSS COUNTRY
Connecticut River Valley Invitational
At Cromwell (Sept. 14)
GIRLS
Team results – 1. Avon 70, 2. Hale Ray 120, 3. Sacred Heart Academy 133, 4. Wethersfield 135, 5. Cromwell 196, 7. RHAM 204, 7. Hand 213, 8. Lyme/Old Lyme 217, 9. Coginchaug 226, 10. Rocky Hill 249
Individual results – Chase Gilbert, Lyme/Old Lyme 17:43, 2. Annecy Vlieks, Hand, 18:57, 3. Alexa Nunez Wethersfield 18:58, 4. Ryann Walsh, Watertown 19:33, 5. Mackenzie Spooner, Sacred Heart Academy 19:43, 6. Eleanore Chamberlain, Sheehan 19:52, 8. Sara Evans, Hale Ray 20:02, 9. Taylor Suffish, Rocky Hill 20:27.07, 10. Abby Vam Hoof, Avon 20:27.25
Other Avon runners: 11. Ying Ying Chenge 20:28, 13. Laura Funderburk 20:38, 17. Ella Godbout 21:16, 19. Spriha Dharan 21:35, 50. Colbi Carville 23:33, 51. Anya You 23:34
BOYS
Team results (top 10): Rocky Hill 53, 2. Hale Ray 68, 3. Xavier 70, 4.Cromwell 122, 5. Hand 156, 6. Watertown 178, 7. Wethersfield 226, 8. Nonnewaug 248, 9. Thomaston 248, 10. RHAM 265
Individual results – Matthew Kraszewski, Hale-Ray 16:02.33, 2. Tyler Deme, Sheehan 16:03, 3. Nolan O’Connor, Xavier 16:10, 4. Patrick Monahan, Cromwell 16:13, 5. Daniel DiTunno, Rocky Hill 16:18, 6. Brian Smith, Rocky Hill 16:29, 7. Aaron Allen, Hale-Ray 16:35, 8. Corey Christensen, Rocky Hill 16:38, 9. Luke Lodice, Nonnewaug 16:42, 10. Andrew Hawk, Xavier 16:48
PRO SOCCER
Hartford 3, Miami 0
At Miami
Hartford (9-12-7) 0 3 — 3
Miami (3-23-2) 0 0 — 0
Goals — 50′ – Dieng (Barrera), 72′ – Farrell (Dieng), 81′ – Dieng; Shots: Hartford 15-6; Shots on target: Hartford, 6-3; Offsides: Hartford, 1-0; Corner kicks: Hartford, 5-3; Saves: 3-3
HARTFORD ATHLETIC STARTING LINEUP
40 (GK) Renan Ribeiro, 5 (DF) Triston Hodge, 4 (DF) Jordan Scarlett, 15 (DF) Joseph Farrell, 24 (DF) Michael DeShields (Freeman, 85′); 94 (MF) Marlon Hairston (Barrera, 45’); 23 (DF) Thomas Vancaeyezeele, 29 (MF) Emmanuel Samadia, 7 (FW) Marcus Epps (Toure, 57’) (Tomas, 68’); 17 (FW) Kyle Edwards (Makangila, 45’); 33 (FW) Mamadou Dieng
MIAMI FC STARTING LINEUP
1 (GK) Khadim Ndiaye, 14 (DF) Daniel Barbir, 18 (DF) Junior Palacios, 4 (DF) Nicolás Cardona (Joseph, 74’); 29 (DF) Alejandro Mitrano (Santana, 87′); 50 (FW) Roberto Molina, 23 (FW) Rocco Genzano (Botta, 73’); 5 (MF) Joey DeZart, 99 (MF) Allen Gavilanes, 11 (MF) Frank López, 19 (FW) Michael Lawrence (Luishino, 63’)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Duke 26, UConn 21
At Durham, N.C.
UConn (1-2) 0 7 14 0 — 21
Duke (3-0) 7 10 0 9 — 26
First quarter
D: Jordan Moore 4 pass from Maalik Murphy (Todd Pelino kick), 9:34
Second quarter
D: Pelino 53 FG, 12:10
D: Eli Pancol 36 pass from Murphy (Pelino kick), 8:27
C: Langston Hardy 64 interception return (Chris Freeman kick), 3:47
Third quarter
C: Cam Edwards 1 run (Freeman kick), 11:46
C: Alex Honig 13 pass from Nick Evers (Freeman kick), 8:21
Fourth quarter
D: Pelino 47 FG, 14:56
D: Que’Sean Brown 20 pass from Murphy (pass fails), 11:49
Friday, Sept. 13
FOOTBALL
Granby/Canton 40, SMSA co-op 6
Newington 19, Simsbury 0
Lewis Mills 35, Montville 28
BOYS SOCCER
Avon 1, Bristol Eastern 0
GIRLS SOCCER
Lewis Mills 2, Newington 2
Farmington 5, Enfield 0
Granby 4, Ellington 2
FIELD HOCKEY
Simsbury 5, E.O. Smith 0
Hall 3, Lewis Mills 2
Conard 4, Farmington 1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Avon 3, NW Catholic 0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-22)
Simsbury 3, Bristol Eastern 0 (25-20, 25-23, 25-22)
Farmington 3, Bristol Central 0
Granby 3, Northwestern 0 (25-21, 25-10, 25-14)
GIRLS SWIMMING
Oxford 89, St. Paul/Lewis Mills 66
Plainville at Farmington
PRO BASKETBALL
Connecticut 88, Phoenix 69
PRO BASEBALL
Hartford 3, Akron 0
FOOTBALL
Granby/Canton 40, SMSA co-op 6
At Canton
SMSA co-op (0-1) 6 0 0 0 — 6
Granby/Canton (1-0) 6 12 15 7 — 40
First quarter
G: Vincent Forte 1 run (kick blocked), 7:35
S: Andres Laureano Baez 17 pass from Taj Fredericks (kick failed), 40.7
Second quarter
G: Forte 1 run (pass fails), 6:13
G: Carter Chambers 4 run (run fails), 34.2
Third quarter
G: Chambers 30 pass from Forte (Chambers run), 9:38
G: Forte 2 run (Hayes Horst kick), 3:48
Fourth quarter
G: Elijah Sam 8 run (Horst kick), 1:28
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Granby/Canton: Elijah Sam 1-8, Joe Lewie 1-4, Carter Chambers 17-65, Vincent Forte 14-69, Hayes Horst 3-6; SMSA – Dushawne Simpson 5-1, Taj Fredericks 4-6, Amir Pitts 4-31; Justin Rolon 1-1, Chauncey Jones 1-minus 3, Sharief Richards-Cook 7-16
PASSING: Granby/Canton: Vincent Forte 7-15-0, 102; SMSA – Dushawne Simpson 5-8-0, 88, Taj Fredericks 6-10-54, Amir Pitts 5-11-1, 39
RECEIVING: Granby/Canton: Carter Chambers 4-52, Hayes Horst 2-37, Ben Vrabel 1-13; SMSA co-op: Trevor Thomas 4-36, Chauncey Jones 5-48, Richards-Cook 2-33, Joanel Serrano 3-54, Fredericks 1-minus 2, Baez 1-17
INTERCEPTIONS: Ryan Cuniowski 2; BLOCKED PUNT: Horst; SACK: Lewie (G) 1-16; FUMBLE RECOVERY: Baez (S), Taj Fredericks (S)
Lewis Mills 35, Montville 28
At Montville
Lewis Mills (1-0) 14 14 7 0 — 35
Montville (0-1) 14 6 0 8 — 28
First quarter
M: Hector Aponte 5 run (Elijah Anctil kick)
LM: Patryk Kolonowski 91 kickoff return (Gianluca Dolzadelli kick)
M: Izaiah Yard 45 pass from Nick Ladia (Anctil kick)
LM: G Dolzadelli 5 run (G. Dolzadelli kick)
Second quarter
LM: Mateo Dolzadelli 11 pass from Alex Weaver (G. Dolzadelli kick)
M: Kymarny Bossa 15 pass from Ladia (kick blocked)
LM: Alex Weaver 1 run (G. Dolzadelli kick)
Third quarter
LM: Weaver 26 run (G. Dolzadelli kick)
Fourth quarter
M: Safety
M: Dante Crisman 3 run (pass fails)
BOYS SOCCER
Avon 1, Bristol Eastern 0
At Avon
Bristol Eastern (1-2-1) 0 0 — 0
Avon (3-1-1) 1 0 — 1
Goal: Rayhan Shameen; Assist: Ben Silverstein; Saves: Jordan Beaudoin (A) 10, Connor Murtaugh (BE) 7; Shots: Avon, 7-4; Corner kicks: Bristol Eastern 5-3
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Avon 3, NW Catholic 0
At Avon
NW Catholic (1-3) 18 17 22
Avon (4-1) 25 25 25
Highlights: Mia Weber (A) 11 kills, 7 digs, Tessa Robertson (A) 37 assists, 3 aces; Alexandra Croal (NW) 6 kills, Lizzy Paw (NW) 12 digs
Thursday, Sept. 12
FOOTBALL
Bristol Eastern 27, Avon 0
Farmington 16, E.O. Smith 0
BOYS SOCCER
Somers 6, Canton 0
Farmington 2, Conard 0
Granby 2, Ellington 2
Simsbury 3, South Windsor 2
GIRLS SOCCER
Avon 5, Plainville 0
Simsbury 2, Berlin 2
FIELD HOCKEY
Canton 2, Simsbury 1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Canton 3, SMSA 0 (25-12, 25-15, 25-17)
Lewis Mills 3, Northwestern 0 (25-14, 25-10, 25-20)
East Granby 3, Ellington 0
Farmington 3, Berlin 0 (27-25, 25-12, 25-23)
Simsbury 3, Conard 2 (11-25, 25-22, 25-20, 21-25, 19-17)
BOYS GOLF
Avon 166, Lewis Mills 180. Medalist: Steven Westrick (A) and Geoff Machado (A) 39 at Blue Fox Run
Simsbury 163, Farmington 169. Medalist: Will Sullivan (S) 37 at Simsbury Farms, par 36
PRO BASEBALL
Akron 5, Hartford 1
FOOTBALL
Bristol Eastern 27, Avon 0
At Avon
Bristol Eastern (1-0) 0 7 13 7 — 27
Avon (0-1) 0 0 0 0 — 0
Second quarter
BE: Lincoln Badshaw 3 run (Gavin Damboise kick), 9:43
Third quarter
BE: Noah Albert 25 pass from Alexander Corvo (kick failed), 9:54
BE: Badshaw 6 run (Damboise kick), 1:03
Fourth quarter
BE: Chase Dauphinee 9 pass from Corvo (Damboise kick), 7:49
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Bristol Eastern – Lincoln Badshaw 13-67, Alexander Corvo 5-6, Chase Dauphinee 2-0; Avon — John Murphy 10-30, Nik Meltser 20-64, Reyan Fawad 3-55, Oliver Loejewski 2-0, Carter Davies 4-17
PASSING: Bristol Eastern – Alexander Corvo 8-12-0, 139; Avon – Murphy 0-1, Meltser 0-2
RECEIVING: Bristol Eastern – Ryan Corvo 1-20, Chase Dauphinee 2-16, Noah Albert 3-73, Jacob Kingsley 2-30
FUMBLE REC: Badshaw (BE) 1
Farmington 16, E.O. Smith 0
At Farmington
E.O. Smith (0-1) 0 0 0 0 — 0
Farmington (1-0) 2 14 0 0 — 16
First quarter
F: Safety. Semi Selimoglu tackles runner in end zone
Second quarter
F: Justin Kinney 42 pass from Ty Nogiec (Joey Kelly kick)
F: Nogiec 1 run (Kelly kick)
Individual statistics
PASSING: Farmington – Ty Nogiec 7-14-0, 115
RUSHING: Farmington – Matt Rodrigues 13-38, Ty Nogiec 7-44, Mike Campagnano 3-5
RECEIVING: Farmington – Matt Rodrigues 1-3, Josh Larkin 3-42, Jaylen Howlett 1-27, Justin Kinney 1-42, Mike Campagnano 1-1
TACKLES: Tyler Thompson 6 tackles, 1 assist, 1 interception; Nogiec 3 tackles, 2 assists, 2 interceptions, Josh Larkin 1 interception
FIELD HOCKEY
Canton 2, Simsbury 1
At Canton
Goals: Paige Sidrane (C), Regan Grecula (C), Mikayla O’Connor (S); Assists: Madi Dufresne (C) 2; Saves: Lyla O’Connor (C) 11, Alena Niziolek (S) 6; Records: Canton 2-1, Simsbury 2-1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Lewis Mills 3, Northwestern 0
At Burlington
Northwestern (2-2) 14 10 20
Lewis Mills (2-2) 25 25 25
Mills — Sammie Mitchell 6 aces, 9 kills, 13 digs; Brooke Fallon: 19 assist 6 digs; Sierra Stifel: 2 aces, 7 kills 3 blocks; NWR — Mackenzie Janco 5 kills, 1 block, 1 ace; Taylor Kelley 2 kills 5 digs 2 aces
BOYS GOLF
Avon 166, Lewis Mills 180
At Avon
Lewis Mills (180) Alex Parker 40, Brett Harding 49, Will Dixon 44, Gavin Lubinsky 47, Avery Tiso 49
Avon (166) Steven Westrick 39, Connor Valentine 44, Niki Buerkler 45, Dylan Seaburg 44, Geoff Machado 39
Medalist: Steven Westrick (A) and Geoff Machado (A) 39 at Blue Fox Run
Records: Lewis Mills 1-5
Wednesday, Sept. 11
BOYS SOCCER
Rockville 3, East Granby 1
FIELD HOCKEY
Avon 2, Wethersfield 1
CROSS COUNTRY
Canton, Rockville, Somers at Suffield
BOYS GOLF
Wethersfield 157, Conard 158, Avon 170. Medalist: Justin Crossen (W) 36 at Rockledge GC, par 36
PRO SOCCER
Hartford 0, Memphis 0, OT
PRO BASEBALL
Akron 5, Hartford 4
BOYS GOLF
Wethersfield 157, Conard 158, Avon 170
At West Hartford
Wethersfield (157) Justin Crossen 36, Max Hoon 38, Will Morgan 40, Jack Berube 43, Tatus Struk 45
Avon (170) Geoff Machado 41, Connor Valentine 42, Dylan Seaburg 43, Niki Buerkler 44, Steven Westrick 45
Conard (158) Quinn Brennan 36, Torin McGoldrick 40, Jaden Kass 41, Ryan Barnum 41, Tyler Kuwada 41
Medalist: Justin Crossen (W) 36 at Rockledge GC, par 36
Tuesday, Sept. 10
BOYS SOCCER
Wethersfield 2, Avon 1
Somers 2, East Granby 0
Farmington 1, Newington 0
Simsbury 2, Lewis Mills 0
GIRLS SOCCER
Middletown at Avon, ppd
Suffield 7, Canton 1
Somers 7, East Granby 0
Farmington 2, Lewis Mills 1
FIELD HOCKEY
Farmington 1, E.O. Smith 0
Simsbury 3, Lewis Mills 1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Wethersfield 3, Avon 1 (12-25, 25-20, 25-19, 26-24)
Rockville 3. Canton 0 (25-19, 25-20, 26-24)
Suffield 3, East Granby 0 (25-21, 25-7, 25-15)
Coventry 3, Granby 2 (22-25, 25-15, 25-14, 18-25, 16-14)
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Hall 28, Avon 29, tiebreaker
Hall 15, NW Catholic 50
Avon 15, NW Catholic 50
Southington 19, Conard 40
Southington 15, Farmington 40
Conard 25, Farmington 31
Platt, Bristol Eastern at Lewis Mills
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Avon 23, Hall 32
Avon 15, NW Catholic 50, forfeit
Hall 15, NW Catholic 50, forfeit
Conard 23, Southington 31
Conard 23, Farmington 33
Southington 27, Farmington 28
Platt, Bristol Eastern at Lewis Mills
BOYS GOLF
Farmington 162, NW Catholic 178. Medalist: Ben Hall (NW) and Chase Becker (F) 38 at Wampanoag CC, par 36
Hall 164, Lewis Mills 169. Medalist: Alex Parker (LM) 39 at Fairview Farms
Simsbury 155, Southington 173. Medalist: Blake Alibozek (S) 36 at Southington CC
PRO BASKETBALL
Connecticut 86, Los Angeles 66
PRO BASEBALL
Akron 4, Hartford 3
BOYS SOCCER
Wethersfield 2, Avon 1
At Avon
Wethersfield (3-0) 1 1 — 2
Avon (2-1-1) 1 0 — 1
Goals: Marcello Razuri (A), Tarik Alihudzic (W) 2; Saves: Nathan Morris (W) 6, Jordan Beaudoin (A) 3; Shots: Avon, 8-5; Corner kicks 1-1
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Wethersfield 3, Avon 1 (12-25, 25-20, 25-19, 26-24)
At Avon
Highlights: Maddie Vanvalkenburgh (A) 15 kills, 10 digs, 5 aces; Ainsley Evans (A) 19 digs, 3 aces; Tessa Robertson (A) 28 assists, 6 aces; Ferrari Jones (A) 4 blocks, 3 kills
Records: Wethersfield 4-0, Avon 3-1
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Hall 28, Avon 29, tiebreaker
Avon 15, NW Catholic 50, forfeit
At Avon
Individual results – Donovan Connole (H) 16:31.8 for 3.1 miles at Fisher Meadows, 2. Braham Bulow (A) 16:38, 3. Nathan Yingling (H) 16:52, 4. William Lancaster (A) 16:59, 5. Chris Campbell (A) 17:04, 6. Andrew Kessler (A) 17:11, 7. Yohannes Dewander (H) 17:13, 8. Jonah Schulman (H) 17:30, 9. Fox Mace (H) 17:49, 10. Eliot Norwood (H) 17:57, 11. Henry Albert (A) 18:00, 12. William Nusom (A) 18:01, 13. Hikari Mizuno (H) 18:03
Records: Hall 2-0, Avon 1-1
NOTE: Teams tied at 28-28. Tiebreaker is best finish among sixth runner. Hall’s sixth runner finished 10th while Avon’s sixth runner was 12th. NW Catholic forfeited because they only had four runners and you need five for an official team score
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Avon 23, Hall 32
Avon 15, NW Catholic 50, forfeit
At Avon
Individual results – Abigail Van Hoof (A) 19:49.3 for 3.1 miles at Fisher Meadows, 2. Abigail Sanderson (H) 20:22, 3. Ying Ying Chent (A) 20:31, 4. Laura Funderburk (A) 20:41, 5. Claire Furia (H) 21:20, 6. Lucille Vargas (H) 21:37, 7. Ella Godbout (A) 21:38, 8. Spriha Dharan (A) 21:42, 9. Katelyn Osoba (H) 22:07, 10. Anya Mantripragada (H) 22:14
Records: Avon 2-0, Hall 1-1, NW Catholic 0-2
BOYS GOLF
Hall 164, Lewis Mills 169
At Harwinton
Hall (164) Ben Puzzo 40, Charles Debassio 43, Tommy Cote 41, Graham Woodward 42, Jake Zirolli 41
Lewis Mills (169) Alex Parker 39, Brett Harding 43, Will Dixon 42, Gavin Lubinsky 46, Avery Tiso 45.
Medalist: Alex Parker (LM) 39 at Fairview Farms
Records: Lewis Mills 1-4, Hall 2-4
Monday, Sept. 9
GIRLS SOCCER
Simsbury 3, East Catholic 2
FIELD HOCKEY
Granby 2, Canton 0
Pomperaug 2, Farmington 0
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Avon 3, Tolland 0 (25-19, 25-20. 25-23)
Farmington 3, Manchester 0
Hall 3, Lewis Mills 1 (25-20, 26-28, 26-24, 25-21)
Simsbury 3, RHAM 2
BOYS GOLF
Avon, Conard, Fairfield Prep, Farmington, Glastonbury, Pomperaug, St. Joseph at Berlin
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Hall 3, Lewis Mills 1 (25-20, 26-28, 26-24, 25-21)
Highlights: Agatha Korba (LM) 5 aces 11 digs, Mikayla Howlett (LM) 8 kills 13 digs, Nory McDonald (H) 14 kills 1 ace 10 digs, Natalie James (H) 13 kills 2 aces 6 digs. Records: Hall 3-0, Lewis Mills 1-2
BOYS GOLF
Berlin Invitational
At Berlin
Team results – 1. Fairfield Prep 295, 2. Berlin 316, 3. Pomperaug 319, 4. Glastonbury 328, 5. Conard 329, 6. Avon 331, 7. Farmington 333, 8. St. Joseph 346
Individual results – 1. Derek Thomas, Glastonbury, 70 at Timberlin GC, par 72, 2. Robby Rosai, Fairfield Prep 72, 3. Jake Null, Pomperaug 73, 4. Caden Piselli, Fairfield Prep 73, 5. Brennan Meyers, Berlin 74, 6. Bill Rosai, Fairfield Prep, Luke Hoglund, Fairfield Prep and Luke Kowalchik, Fairfield Prep 75
Avon results – Geoff Machado 81, Steven Westrick 81, Niki Buerkler 91, Connor Valentine 87, Dylan Seaburg 82
Farmington results – Tyler Kiszka 87, Aiden Cho 78, Noah Grosso 79, John Lahtinen 89, Chase Becker 91
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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 New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.