Results

Weekly scoreboard: Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2024

by
Gerry deSimas, Jr., Collinsville Press
November 1, 2024

Saturday, Nov. 2
FOOTBALL
Bristol Central 42, Farmington 6
BOYS SOCCER
CIAC Class L tournament
No. 11 Bassick 1, No. 22 Avon 0, OT (penalty kicks, 3-2)
CIAC Class LL tournament
No. 7 Farmington 1, No. 26 Hamden 0
No. 5 Glastonbury 1, No. 28 Simsbury 0
GIRLS SOCCER
CIAC Class L tournament
No. 10 Avon 5, No. 23 E.O. Smith 0
CIAC Class LL tournament
No. 4 Farmington 2, No. 29 Wilton 0
No. 18 Glastonbury 1, No. 15 Simsbury 0, 2 OT (penalty kicks, 9-7)
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
CCC Tournament championship at Southington
Glastonbury 3, Southington 1 (18-25, 25-15, 25-17, 25-23)

FOOTBALL
Bristol Central 42, Farmington 6
At Farmington
Bristol Central (6-1) 14 21 7 0 — 42
Farmington (1-6) 0 0 0 6 — 6
First quarter
BC: Jack Hartley 8 run (Dom Dell’Aera kick)
BC: Lincoln Archibald 35 blocked punt return (Dell’Aera kick)
Second quarter
BC: Donovan Rodriguez 8 run (Dell’Aera kick)
BC: Quincy Lawson 36 pass from Rodriguez (Dell’Aera kick)
BC: Rodriguez 2 run (Dell’Aera kick)
Third quarter
BC: Rodriguez 3 run (Dell’Aera kick)
Fourth quarter
F: Matthew Rodrigues 50 pass from Mason Kiniry

GIRLS SOCCER
Avon 5, E.O. Smith 0
At Avon
E.O. Smith (6-9-2) 0 0 — 0
Avon (11-2-4) 3 2 — 5
Goals: Taylor Schreibman (A), Lila Aquilar (A) 2, Rylen Mosley (A) 2; Assist: Emma Lopardo (A); Saves: Katelyn Abbate (A) 1, Maddy Jozef (A) 1, Gianna Alderucci (EOS) 7; Shots: Avon, 20-2; Corner kicks: Avon, 2-1

Friday, Nov. 1
FOOTBALL
Granby/Canton 15, Ellington 10
New Britain 42, Simsbury 7
Bloomfield 42, Lewis Mills 0
BOYS SOCCER
CIAC Class S tournament
No. 9 Waterbury Career Academy 4, No. 24 Canton 3
No. 10 East Granby 2, No. 23 Holy Cross 0
CIAC Class M tournament
No. 26 Lewis Mills 6, No. 7 Computer Science 1
GIRLS SOCCER
CIAC Class S tournament
No. 15 Coventry 2, No. 18 Canton 1
CIAC Class M tournament
No. 4 Lewis Mills 3, No. 29 Sheehan 0
No. 7 Granby 4, No. 26 Foran 0
FIELD HOCKEY
Watertown 1, Lewis Mills 0
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
NCCC championship at Granby
Granby 3, Coventry 0 (25-22, 30-28, 25-22)
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
UConn 34, Georgia State 27

FOOTBALL
Granby/Canton 22, Ellington 10
At Granby
Ellington (5-2) 7 3 0 0 — 10
Granby/Canton (5-1) 7 8 0 0 — 15
First quarter
G: Ryan Cuniowski 34 pass from Vincent Forte (Hayes Horst kick), 5:39
E: Dylan Calsetta 77 pass from Aaron Ladr (Landon Shirshac kick), 5:20
Second quarter
G: Forte 8 run (Forte run), 7:41
E: Eli Bahler 29 FG, 0:13
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Ellington – Owen Boucher 14-60, Matthew Duddy 2-3, Dylan Calsetta 1-6, Everitt Buss 1-1; Granby/Canton – Vincent Forte 12-57, Hayes Horst 13-39, Carter Chambers 3-52
PASSING: Ellington — Owen Boucher 1-2-1, 12; Aaron Ladr 17-25-2, 242; Granby/Canton –Vincent Forte 6-10-0, 131
RECEIVING: Ellington Dylan Calsetta 6-141, Owen Boucher 2-51, Eli Bahler 3-11, Brett Powell 1-2, Everitt Buss 3-18, Matthew Duddy 3-27; Granby/Canton – Ryan Cuniowski 4-88, Ben Vrabel 2-43

New Britain 42, Simsbury 7
At New Britain
Simsbury (2-5) 0 0 0 7 — 7
New Britain (7-0) 7 28 0 7 — 42
First quarter
NB: Jayden Allen 60 run (David Nadolny kick), 8:34
Second quarter
NB: Eli Rodriguez 7 run (Nadolny kick), 11:53
NB: Rodriguez 28 pass from Donovan Campbell (Nadolny kick), 7:05
NB: Allen 15 run (Nadolny kick), 3:32
NB: Jordyn Carpenter 17 pass from Campbell (Nadolny kick), 0:31
Fourth quarter
S: Patrick Matczyk 1 run (Pendergast kick), 11:48
NB: Allen 27 run (Nadolny kick), 8:00

Bloomfield 42, Lewis Mills 0
At Bloomfield
Lewis Mills (1-6) 0 0 0 0 — 0
Bloomfield (5-2) 14 28 0 0 — 42
First quarter
B: Zachai Kimber 1 run (Lamont Applewhite pass from Kimber)
B: Kimber 38 run (Two-point conversion fails)
Second quarter
B: Romar Heron 3 run (two-point conversion fails)
B: Applewhite 42 pass from Cameron White (Applewhite pass from White)
B: Kimber 40 run (two-point conversion fails)
B: McCoy Richardson 8 run (Richardson run)
Individual leaders
RUSHING: Lewis Mills – Mateo Dolzadelli 1-8, Alex Weaver 4-1, McKinley Casey 8-7, Mason Scanlon 4-minus 5
PASSING: Lewis Mills —
RECEIVING: Lewis Mills – Patryk Klonowski 1-5, Mateo Dolzadelli 4-12, Marcos Muniz 1-0, Ryan Hemingway 1-6, Clark Grady 1-35. Totals 8-58

BOYS SOCCER
Lewis Mills 6, Computer Science 1
At Enfield
Lewis Mills (7-7-3) 5 1 — 6
Computer Science (11-4-2) 1 0 — 1
Goals: LM: Ben Foley (2), Noah Catrino, Sebby Wroblewski, Keeghan Porter, Grady Mullen; CS: Luis Ruiz-Reyna; Assists: LM: Alex Begert (2), Ben Foley, Connor Brunetti; Saves: LM: Marek Nardi/Anthony Poudrier 2, CS: Brayan Mejia 8; NOTE: No. 26 Lewis Mills beat No. 7 CREC Academy of Computer Science and Engineering. Computer scored the first goal two minutes into the game but Mills scored six unanswered goals. Foley had a penalty kick for Mills second goal.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL
UConn 34, Georgia State 27
At East Hartford
Georgia State (2-6) 0 10 3 14 — 27
UConn (6-3) 10 3 7 14 — 34
First quarter
C: Louis Hansen 2 pass from Nick Evers (Chris Freeman kick), 12:31
C: Freeman 42 FG, 3:36
Second quarter
G: Ted Hurst 7 pass from Zach Gibson (Liam Rickman kick), 13:36
G: Rickman 30 FG, 3:29
C: Freeman 28 FG, 0:20
Third quarter
C: Durell Robinson 1 run (Freeman kick), 12:01
G: Rickman 20 FG, 4:36
Fourth quarter
C: Evers 5 run (Freeman kick), 12:54
C: Mel Brown 31 run (Freeman kick), 11:26
G: Freddie Brock 55 run (Rickman kick), 9:31
G: Gibson 2 run (Rickman kick), 1:47
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Georgia State – Brock 10-78, Gibson 7-16, Dukes 5-13, Beasley 1-2, Lowe 3-6; UConn – Brown 14-138, Edwards 13-88, Evers 9-25, Robinson 6-21
PASSING: Georgia State – Gibson 28-40-1, 257, Veilleux 1-2, 11, Lowe 1-1, minus 3; UConn – Evers 10-16-0, 75
RECEIVING: Georgia State – Hurst 7-91, Dukes 4-46, Tucker 5-43, Credle 4-39, Brock 4-24, Fleming 4-18, Laney 1-7, Murray 1-minus 3, UConn – Hansen 5-22, Bell 2-20, Brown 2-18, Porter 1-15

Thursday, Oct. 31
FOOTBALL
Plainville 26, Avon 0
CROSS COUNTRY
State Open championships at Wickham Park

FOOTBALL
Plainville 26, Avon 0
At Plainville
Avon (0-7) 0 0 0 0 — 0
Plainville (4-3) 6 20 0 0 — 26
First quarter
P: Xavier Hairston 18 run (run fails), 7:17
Second quarter
P: Hairston 7 run (Aiden Santiago kick), 10:14
P: Hairston 5 run (Santiago kick), 2:01
P: Michael Fontaine 15 fumble return (pass fails), 0:34

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
CIAC State Open
At Manchester
Team results: 1. Ridgefield 43; 2. East Lyme 63; 3. E.O. Smith 152; 4. Staples 167; 5. Xavier 182; 6. Danbury 215; 7. Hall 219; 8. Norwich Free Academy 226; 9. Greenwich 258; 10. New Canaan 262; 11. Rocky Hill 272; 12. Haddam-Killingworth 306; 13. Southington 323; 14. Bolton 365; 15. Avon 376; 16. Hale Ray 378; 17. Hamden 397; 18. Griswold 411; 19. Fairfield Warde 446; 20. Weston 456
Individual results – 1. Soheib Dissa, Newtown 15:24 for 3.1 miles at Wickham Park; 2. Luke Cushing, Amity 15:42; 3. Magnus Manley, Ridgefield 15:44; 4. Sean McCauley, East Lyme 15:46; 5. Tycen Labelle, Griswold 15:47; 6. Charles Lovett, Ridgefield 15:55; 7 Spencer Slayton, E.O. Smith 15:55; 8. Samuel Zwick-Lavinsky, Staples 15:56; 9. Evan Bureau, Bethel 16:05; 10. Sam Leone, East Lyme 16:07; 11. Trevor Fuller, Ridgefield 16:08; 12. Owen Martin, Xavier 16:09; 13. Sullivan Dunn, Ridgefield 16:11; 14. Alexander Medina, Hamden 16:11; 15. William Liebler, Southington 16:12; 16. Jack Ouellette, Xavier 16:14; 17. Shepard Livingston, Bolton 16:14; 18. Michael Komisky, Danbury 16:14; 19. Patrick Croughwell, NFA 16:16; 20. Christian Menounos, Woodstock Academy 16:17
Avon runners – 39. Brahm Bulow 16:50, 79. William Lancaster 17:20, 118. Andrew Kessler 17:42, 142. Henry Albert 18:05, 160. Brady Lord 18:25, 166. Kethan Badrinath 18:37, 168. Aidan McLaughlin 18:41
Lewis Mills runner: 109. Ryan Pasqualini, 17:38
Simsbury runner: 97. Caleb Davis, 17:32
Farmington runner: 148. Caleb Evans 18:12

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
State Open
At Manchester
Team results: 1. Glastonbury 62; 2. Mercy 145; 3. Greenwich 173; 4. New Fairfield 196; 5. Haddam-Killingworth 224; 6. New Milford 251; 7. Ridgefield 270; 8. Simsbury 274; 9. Trumbull 281; 10. Hall 291; 11. Staples 301; 12. Avon 317; 13. Southington 322; 14. New Canaan 330; 15. Fairfield Warde 330; 16. Conard 334; 17. Pomperaug 344; 18. Lyman Memorial 349; 19. Sacred Heart Academy 380; 20. Danbury 456; 21. Hale Ray 479; 22. East Hampton 511
Individual results
1. Brooke Strauss, Glastonbury 18:19; 2. Liv Sherry, Conard 18:34; 3. Chase Gilbert, Lyme-Old Lyme 18:39; 4. Tess Sherry, Conard 18:48; 5. Lauren Parrett, Glastonbury 18:52; 6. Sophie Passalacqua, Greenwich 18:54; 7. Katie McMorrow, New Fairfield 18:56; 8. Hazel Delucia, Lyman Memorial 19:01; 9. Sophie Spelman, Fairfield Warde 19:11; 10. Alexandra Morgan, Fairfield Warde 19:11; 11. Karina Chan, NFA 19:15; 12. Sarah Roberts, Mercy 19:26; 13. Sofia Holovatska, South Windsor 19:29; 14. Stephanie Burzynski, Somers 19:31; 15. Annecy Vlieks, Hand 19:32; 16. Hannah Greco, New Fairfield 19:38; 17. Claire Fuchs, Fairfield Ludlowe 19:41; 18. Abigail Mathew, Glastonbury 19:43; 19. Alexa Nunez, Wethersfield 19:47; 20. Sarah Bogdan, Staples 19:49
Avon runners: 28. Abigail Van Hood 20:07, 103. Laura Funderburk 21:41, 104. Ying Ying Cheng, 21:41, 123. Spriha Dharan 22:10, 143. Ella Godbout 22:40, 145. Miri Ek 22:42, 191. Anya Yu 24:48
Simsbury runners: 31. Grace Wollenberg 20:16, 106. Ella Stewart 21:44, 115. Abigail Wilson 21:59, 130. Tristan Lunding 22:21, 133. Caroline Blaze 22:25, 166. Anna Stockwell 23:18
Famington runner: 73. Cameron Mooney 21:15

Wednesday, Oct. 30
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
CCC semifinals at Southington
Southington 3, RHAM 0 (25-16, 25-12, 25-17)
Glastonbury 3, Farmington 1 (25-14, 25-19, 20-25, 25-18)
NCCC semifinals
Granby 3, Canton 0 (26-16, 25-22, 25-17)
Coventry 3, Rockville 1 (27-29, 25-16, 25-16, 25-8)

Tuesday, Oct. 29
BOYS SOCCER
CCC Tournament final: Berlin 0, Glastonbury 0 (Berlin wins on penalty kicks, 4-3)
GIRLS SOCCER
CCC Tournament final: Farmington 5, Wethersfield 0
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
NCCC first round
No. 3 Rockville 3, No. 6 Ellington 1 (26-24, 25-20, 20-25, 25-22)
No. 4 Canton 3, No. 5 Suffield 1 (25-17, 25-12, 24-26, 25-18)

FIELD HOCKEY
The top 10 state field hockey poll as voted by state coaches.

Week 7, Oct. 21 (final regular season poll)
Team	Rec.	Pts.	LW	Class
1. Staples (8)	15-1	160	1	L
2. Darien	15-1	144	2	L
3. Fairfield Ludlowe	13-2-0-1	102	3	L
4. Wilton	13-3	100	4	L
5. Hand	15-1	90	5	S
6. Greenwich	12-4	73	8	L
7. Glastonbury	15-1	69	7	L
8. Branford	13-2-0-1	61	6	M
9. North Branford	12-1-2	57	10	S
10. Guilford	11-2-0-3	38	nr	M
Also receiving votes: Sacred Heart Academy (11-2-2-1) 21, Stonington (14-0-1-1) 12, Ridgefield (11-5) 8, New Milford (12-3-1) 7, Newtown (9-6-0-1) 6, Hamden (11-4-0-1) 6, East Lyme (12-3-0-1) 6
Coaches voting: Matt Arinello Immaculate, Margaret Bristol Canton, Janet Dickey Westbrook, Dawn Hough New Milford, Kitty Palmer Guilford, Maureen Perkins, Glastonbury, Kyle Seaburg Norwalk, Jenna Tucchio Stonington

Monday, Oct. 28
GIRLS SOCCER
Canton 2, Stafford 2
FIELD HOCKEY
Avon 1, Shepaug 0
Canton 2, Conard 2
Farmington 4, Southington 0
Simsbury 1, Enfield 0
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
East Granby 3, Bolton 1
CCC Tourbament quarterfinals
Southington 3, Avon 0 (25-11, 25-11, 25-10)
Farmington 3, South Windsor 0
RHAM 3, Hall 0
Glastonbury 3, Maloney 2

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Southington 3, Avon 0
At Southington
Avon (12-10) 11 11 10
Southington (20-0) 25 25 25
Highlights: Maddie Vanvalkenburgh (A) 6 kills, Ainsley Evans (A) 9 digs. NOTE: Southington is the No. 1 ranked team in the latest state top 10 coaches poll and ranked No. 1 in the CCC Tournament. The Blue Knights advance to Wednesday’s semifinal.

FOOTBALL
GameTimeCT’s top 10 poll of state sportswriters and broadcaster. First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis.

Week 7, Oct. 28, 2024
School	Rec.	Pts	LW	Class
1. Windsor (24)	6-0	744	1	MM
2. Hand (1)	6-0	652	2	M
3. Darien	5-1	648	3	L
4. New Canaan	5-1	570	4	L
5. Greenwich	5-1	505	5	LL
6. Newtown	7-0	476	6	L
7. Staples	5-1	429	7	LL
8. Masuk	5-1	374	8	MM
9. Brookfield	6-0	367	9	M
10. St. Joseph	5-1	297	10	L
Others receiving votes: West Haven (5-1) 247, Bunnell (5-1) 227, Killingly (6-0) 222, Fairfield Prep (5-1) 183, Ansonia (6-0) 181, New Britain (6-0) 163, Windham (6-0) 29, Rockville (6-0) 18, Newington (6-0) 11, Wilton (3-3) 10, Woodland (5-1) 8, North Haven (4-2) 7, Torrington (6-0) 7.
The following voted: Will Aldam, GameTimeCT; Serenity Bishop, Bristol Press; Sean Patrick Bowley, GameTimeCT; Bryant Carpenter, GameTimeCT; Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press; Justin DeVellis, News 12 Connecticut; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Erik Dobratz, WTNH-8; Scott Ericson, GameTimeCT; Michael Fornabaio, GameTimeCT; Ned Griffen, GameTimeCT correspondent; Rob Gullo, New Britain Herald; Mark Jaffee, Republican-American of Waterbury; Tim Jensen, Patch Media Corp.; Jonah Karp, Fox61; Gabby Lucivero, NBC CT; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Football Foundation; Joe Morelli, GameTimeCT; Pete Paguaga, GameTimeCT; Dave Phillips, GameTimeCT correspondent; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Dave Stewart, GameTimeCT; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3.

The Hartford Courant’s top 10 poll of state coaches. First-place votes in parentheses and points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis.

Week 7, Oct. 28, 2024
School	Rec.	Pts	LW	Class
1. Windsor (9)	6-0	382	1	MM
2. Hand (4)	6-0	350	2	M
3. Darien	5-1	322	3	L
4. New Canaan	5-1	301	4	L
5. Greenwich	5-1	265	5	LL
6. Staples	5-1	233	6	LL
t7. Brookfield	6-0	192	8	M
t7. West Haven	5-1	192	7	LL
9. St. Joseph	5-1	172	nr	M
10. Masuk	5-1	168	10	MM
Also receiving votes: Newtown (7-0), 154 points; Bunnell (5-1), 121; Fairfield Prep (5-1), 120; New Britain (6-0), 101; Killingly (6-0), 90; Ansonia (6-0), 82; Newington (6-0), 29; Tie, North Haven (4-2) and Windham (6-0), 9; Woodland (5-1), 8; Tie, Capital Prep/Achievement First (6-0) and Hillhouse (5-1).
Voters: Erik Becker, Hand; Tom Brockett; Ansonia; Joe Della Vecchia; St. Joseph; Mike Ellis; Fitch; Rob Fleeting; Windsor; Kevin Frederick, Maloney; Tanner Grove; Montville; Andy Guyon; Xavier; Joe Lato; Woodland; Brian Mazzone; Stafford/East Windsor/Somers; Bryan Muller; Brookfield; Marce Petroccio; Trumbull; Nathan Tyler, Stratford.

Canton’s Brad Balach (11, left) and East Granby’s Brendan Egan (12, right) battle for the ball during a NCCC game on Oct. 22. The two teams battled to a 2-2 tie in overtime.