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