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Weekly scoreboard: Dec. 1-21, 2025

Saturday, Dec. 20
BOYS BASKETBALL
Suffield 60, Avon 51
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Canton 51, SMSA 41, OT
BOYS HOCKEY
Lyman Hall 2, Farmington Valley 0
Rockville co-op 5, Newington co-op 4
Simsbury at Smithfield RI
Masuk at Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks, ppd
BOYS SWIMMING
EO Smith/Tolland at Simsbury,

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Canton 51, SMSA 41, OT
At Hartford
Canton (51) Helen Canny 5 5-10 16, Ruby Theberge 3 4-6 11, Riley Ahlgren 3 1-4 9, Lucy O’Connor 3 2-2 8, Emery Howard 2-0-4, Kenzie Yanke 0 3-8 3, Ava Carmen 0-0-0. Totals: 16 15-30 51
SMSA (41) Jayel Verdejo 8-0-18, Kayleigh Reed 6 3-6 15, Leilanie Pratts 1 1-2 4, Andelyne Varela 1-0-2, Phillise Mallard 1-0-2
Totals: 17 4-10 41
Canton (2-0)                12    9  1  15  14  — 51
SMSA (2-2)                    9  14  7   7   4  — 41
Three-point goals: Canny (C), Theberge (C), Ahlgren (C) 2, Verdejo (S) 2, Pratts (S)
Of note: Canny with a team-high 12 rebounds, O’Connor and Howard with 10 rebounds each


Friday, Dec. 19
BOYS BASKETBALL
Granby 59, Aerospace 55
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Avon 31, Wethersfield 11
Stafford at East Granby, ppd.
Farmington 34, South Windsor 33
Simsbury 50, Lewis Mills 48
BOYS HOCKEY
Shepaug co-op 5, Suffield/Granby/Windsor Locks 4
GIRLS HOCKEY
East Catholic 4, Avon/Southington 1
BOYS SWIMMING
Avon at South Windsor
Farmington at Plainville


Thursday, Dec. 18
BOYS BASKETBALL

Canton 51, Bolton 27
Bristol Eastern 43, Lewis Mills 41
Hall 80, Farmington 57
Stafford 58, East Granby 39
Simsbury at Tolland
Granby at Windsor Locks
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Canton 58, Bolton 20
Windsor Locks 55, Granby 54

BOYS BASKETBALL
Bristol Eastern 43 Lewis Mills 41
At Bristol
Lewis Mills (41)
Marcos Muniz 0-0-0, Owen Filipiak 0-0-0, Will Green 2-0-4, Logan Carrano 4-4-15, Shawn Tessier 1-0-3, Tommy Dinunzio 4-6-14, Gavin Grustas 1-1-3, Ian Mayes 1-0-2. Totals 13-11-41
Bristol Eastern (43) Justen Dauphinais 1-0-3, Shaun Byrd 7-0-16, Tyghe Collins 2-1-5, Drew Veins 2-1-6, Ryan Gaity 1-0-2, Christian Duplisses 1-0-2, Stone Lowe 4-1-9. Totals 18-3-43
Lewis Mills (0-1)           9  10  9  13 — 41
Bristol Eastern (1-0)   13  10  7  13 – 43
Three-point goals: Carrano (LM) 3, Tessier (LM), Dauphinais (BE), Byrd (BE) 2, Veins (BE)
Of note: Eastern’s Drew Veins picked up an offense rebound and made a mid range jumper with 2.5 seconds left to help Bristol Eastern to a home victory over Lewis Mills 43-41.

Canton 51, Bolton 27
At Bolton
Records: Canton 1-0, Bolton 0-1
Of note: Year two under head coach Dan Goscinski begins with a victory over the Bulldogs on the road. It was Canton’s fifth consecutive win on opening day and their first-ever opening day game against Bolton. Canton faces Windsor Locks on Monday on the road.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Canton 58, Bolton 20
At Canton
Bolton (20) Alyssa D. 2 6-8 10, Sara D. 1-0-3, Danniella 1 1-2 3, Emma W. 0 2-2 2, Abbie G 1-0-2, Totals: 5 9-12 20
Canton (58) Ruby Theberge 6 4-4 16, Riley Ahlgren 6-0-14, Lucy O’Connor 7-0-14, Helen Canny 2-0-4, Emery Howard 2-0-4, Ava Carmen 1-0-3, Kenzie Yanke 1 0-1 2, Macy McCullough 0 1-2 1, Maya Affsa 0-0-0. Totals: 25 5-7 58
Bolton (1-1)     2  5  4  9  — 20
Canton (1-0)   15  15  20  8  — 58
Three-point goals: Ahlgren (C) 2, Carmen (C)
Of note: Theberge with 8 rebounds and 6 assists; O’Connor 7 RB, Howard 8 RB; Canton head coach Brian Medeiros, who has won more games than any coach in the program’s history, begins his 13th season with a dominating victory over the Bulldogs at home. Canton returns to action on Saturday with a noon contest at SMSA in Hartford.


Wednesday, Dec. 17
GIRLS BASKETBALL

East Granby 48, Windham Tech 21
WRESTLING
Simsbury 47, Avon 29
Farmington 52, Wethersfield 22
Suffield/Windsor Locks 48, Granby/East Granby 24
BOYS HOCKEY
Farmington Valley 2, East Catholic 0
Newington co-op 2, Staples/Brien McMahon/Norwalk 2
GIRLS HOCKEY
Avon/Southington 4, Suffield co-op 1
East Catholic 3, Simsbury 1

BOYS HOCKEY
Newington co-op 2, Staples/Brien McMahon/Norwalk 2
At Newington
Staples co-op (0-0-1)               0  1  1  0  — 2
Newington co-op (0-0-1)        0  1  1  0  — 2
Goals: Jack Guilmartin (N), Blake Gordon (N), Shane Power (S), Alessandro Gomez (S); Assists: Connor Blais (N), Cason Farragher (N), Billy Ryan (N), Jakub Laskovsky (S); Saves: Matt Kelley (N) 27; Mason Mountain (S) 27; Shots: 29-29
Of note: In season opener for both teams, teams battled to a 2-2 tie at Newington Arena. Canton HS athletes Connor Blais and Billy Ryan notched assists while Kelley made 27 stops in his varsity debut. Newington hosts the Shamrocks Saturday at 7 p.m. at Newington Arena

WRESTLING
Simsbury 47, Avon 29
At Avon
126 Connor Petrunti (A) pin William Hayward (S), 1:46; 132 Mason Beecher (A) dec. Grady Carroll (S), 9-4; 138 Giuliano Sirianni (S) tech fall Ayden Beecher (A), 20-4; 144 Liam Hildinger (A) dec. Jack Marvin (S), 9-7; 150 Thomas Frez (A) tech fall Kevin Wojtowicz (S), 18-2; 157 Jude Hite (S) pin Max Voss (A), 1:52; 175 Ahmed Saltah (S) pin Zachary Lucca (A), 1:51; 190 Christos Alexopoulos (S) pin Maximillian Combs (A), 4:17; 215 Brett Osborne CT (Simsbury) pin Konrad Lojewski (A), 2:17; 285 Jaden Martin (S) pin Darryl O’Meally (A), 1:17; 106 Nathan Miller (A) pin Austin Nitko (S), 1:42; 113 Joshua Fagin (A) pin Griffin Wentworth (S), 1:37; 120 Ethan Quinn (S) pin Luke Miller (A), 1:13
Records: Simsbury 1-0, Avon 0-1
Other matches: 126: Jack Gedney (Lewis Mills) tech fall Joe Kaponis (A), 16-0; 106: Chase Davis (A) dec. Devin Spring (Lewis Mills), 10-6
Of note: Simsbury High coach William Hearn won in his debut as Simsbury coach. Hearn coached 10 years at Smith Vocational in Northampton, MA before coming to Simsbury.

Suffield Windsor Locks 48, Granby/East Granby 24
At Suffield
106: no match; 113: no match; 120 Peter Annis (Suff/WL) pin Madeline Lundell (G/EG), 1:26; 126: Cedrick Hardy (Suff/WL) forfeit; 132: Madelyn Morello (Suff/WL) forfeit; 138: Mehmet Caglar (G/EG) forfeit; 144: Deron Daley (G/EG) forfeit; 150 Timothy Schmutz (G/EG) pin Cole Snyder (Suff/WL), 3:20; 157 Benjamin Barlow (G/EG) pin Eli Taku (Suff/WL), 1:11; 165 Sullivan Moore (Suff/WL) pin Laso Kelleh (G/EG), 1:10; 175 Matthew Kielasinski (Suff/WL) pin Logan Kerr (G/EG), 1:12; 190 Landon Tuttle (Suff/WL) pin Zayvion Shanks (G/EG), 1:09; 215 Cal Thompson (Suff/WL) pin Nathan Mcgovern (G/EG), 0:24; 285: Yasin Afrailov (Suff/WL)
Records: Suffield/Windsor Locks 1-0, 1-0 NCCC; Granby/East Granby 0-1, 0-1 NCCC

Farmington 52, Wethersfield 22
At Farmington
106 Benjamin Allen (W) forfeit; 113 Ashrava Tiwari (F) pin Marek Budaj (W), 0:38; 120: Yon Abreu (F) forfeit; 126 Santiago Garcia Cobarrubia (F) tech fall Ryan Arellano (W), 17-2; 132 Yanuel Santos (W) pin Ryan Sousa (F); 138 Damir Mirambeaux (F) pin Cinque Smith (W); 144 Austen Zhu (F) pin Jacob Lis (W); 150 Josiah Reyes (W) dec. Giovanny Taylor (F), 23-10; 157 Remi Michaels (F) pin Kaiden Santiago (W), 1:40; 165 Azlan Lee (F) pin Yucale Nash (W), 2:27; 175 Alex Araujo (F) tech fall Angelo Federici (W), 15-0; 190 Tyrice Wilson (W) pin Sylvain Tardiff (F), 2:46; 215 Fey Aquino (F) FOR Antonio Piccione (W)
Records: Farmington 1-0, Wethersfield 0-1 


Tuesday, Dec. 16
BOYS BASKETBALL
Avon 52, Stafford 50
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Avon 64, East Hartford 28
Farmington 41, RHAM 37
Granby 58, Gilbert 26
Lewis Mills 48, Bristol Central 37
New Britain 47, Simsbury 30
WRESTLING
Canton 42, Stafford 36
GIRLS HOCKEY
Fairfield Ludlowe 4, Simsbury 3

BOYS BASKETBALL
Avon 52, Stafford 50
At Avon
Stafford (50)
Colin Tozier 6-7-19, Tyler Murray 0-0-0, Stephen Tantillo 2-0-6, Jason Lamclin 0-0-0, Gavin Iacobucci 3-2-8. Landon Tozier 0-0-0, Nate Faber 2-0-4, Gabe Khamasi 1-1-3, Bryce Graham 5-0-10. Totals 19 10-16 50
Avon (52) Jude Turner 4-0-9, Brendan Mahoney 0-0-0, Sam Stinchon 4-0-11, Jackson Parker 0-0-0, Tommy Mango 3-2-9, Andrew Anderson 2-2-8, Leo Indomenico 5-5-15. Totals 18 6-19 52
Stafford (0-1)  10  16  17  6  — 50
Avon (1-0)         17  12  8  11  — 52
Three-point goals: Turner (A), Stinchon (A) 3, Mango (A), Anderson (A) 2, Tantillo (S) 2

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Farmington 41, RHAM 37
At Farmington
Records:
Farmington 2-0, RHAM 1-1

Avon 64, East Hartford 28
At East Hartford
Avon (64) Eleanor Aquliar 2-0-4, Haley Chisholm 3-2-8, Alana Garza 2-0-4, Bridget Zybowski 0-0-0, Sam Srb 4-0-11, Anna Kelley 5-0-15, Colleen Mahoney 2-2-7, Candace Graves 0-0-0, Lia Bosanac 4-0-10, Ella Godbout 0-0-0, Lily Anderson 1-0-2
East Hartford  (28) Kristen Nwafor 1-0-2, Takia Peay 4-2-10, Jazlin Ramos 1-1-3, Celia Rojas 1-2-4, Wendy Nguyen 1-0-2, Chanel Ward 1-4-6, Leia Schomer 0-1-1
Avon (1-0)                     13  17  14  20  — 64
East Hartford (0-1)        5   4  12  7  — 28
Three-point goals: Chisholm (A), Srb (A) 3, Mahoney (A), Kelley (A) 5, Bosanac (A) 2

Granby 58, Gilbert 26
At Granby
Records:
Granby 1-0, Gilbert 1-2

Lewis Mills 48, Bristol Central 37
At Burlington
Records:
Mills 1-0, Central 0-1

New Britain 47, Simsbury 30
At New Britain
Records:
New Britain 1-0, Simsbury 0-2

WRESTLING
Canton 42, Stafford 36
At Canton

106: Stafford wins by forfeit
113 John Bean (S) pin Jose Rivera (C), 2:39
120 Sean Titus (C) pin Andrew Irwin (S), 2:28
126 Kyle Rossi (C) pin Addison Vail (S), 5:13
132 Kai Quintana-wright (C) dec.Nathan Kodzis (S), 4-2
138 Derek Consolini (S) pin Colin Morisano (C), 1:58
144 Aiden Catalan (C) pin Ian Curnan (Stafford), 3:24
150 George Redford (C) dec. Kaiden Bobskill (S), 9-6
157 Grant Inlow (C) pin Noah Perry (S), 5:30
165 Kian Murphy (C) pin Dominic Curnan (S), 1:43
175 Tristan Follansbee (S) pin Ian Nardi (C)
190 Peyton Krah (S) pin River Jastremski (C)
215 Landon Langlois (S) pin Joaquin Vasquez (C), 5:03
285 Thomas Johnson (C) pin Dorian Gainey (S), 1:52
Records: Canton 1-0, 1-0 NCCC; Stafford 0-1, 0-1 NCCC


Monday, December 15
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Suffield 45, Simsbury 25
BOYS HOCKEY
Xavier 3, Simsbury 1
GIRLS HOCKEY
Hall 3, Simsbury 1

FOOTBALL
Top 10 polls
GameTimeCT/New Haven Register Sportswriters and Broadcasters poll

FINAL, Dec. 15, 2025
The GameTimeCT/New Haven Register top 10 state high school football poll as voted by state sportswriters and broadcasters. First-place votes in parentheses and points compiled on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis.

Team Rec. Pts. LW Class
1. New Canaan (21) 13-0 630 1 L
2. Hand 12-1 570 3 SS
3. Greenwich 11-2 562 6 LL
4. Windsor 12-1 476 9 MM
5. Berlin 13-0 421 nr M
6. Killingly 12-1 402 2 SS
7. Southington 9-4 287 10 LL
8. Fairfield Prep 9-3 280 7 LL
9. Brookfield 10-3 278 nr M
10. Bunnell 10-3 267 nr MM
Other receiving votes: St. Joseph (9-3), 261; Wilton (10-2), 253; Sheehan (11-2), 234; Cheshire (9-4), 220; Newtown (8-3), 63; New Britain (8-2), 45; Woodland (11-1), 44; Glastonbury (7-4), 22; NFA (7-5), 22; Northwest Catholic (11-2), 18.
The following voted: Carl Adamec, GametimeCT; Will Aldam, GametimeCT; Sean Patrick Bowley, GametimeCT; Bryant Carpenter, GametimeCT; Andy Close, Bristol Press; Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Erik Dobratz, WTNH-8; Scott Ericson, GametimeCT; Ned Griffen, GametimeCT correspondent; Rob Gullo, New Britain Herald; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Football Foundation; Joe Morelli, GametimeCT; Pete Paguaga, GametimeCT; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Kevin Roberts, GametimeCT; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Dave Stewart, GametimeCT; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day of New London; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3. Did not vote: Gabby Lucivero, NBC CT.

 

Hartford Courant coaches poll
FINAL, Dec. 15, 2025
The Hartford Courant top 10 state football poll as voted by state coaches. First place points in parentheses, final record, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis, previous ranking and CIAC classification:

Team Rec. Pts. LW Class
1. New Canaan (13) 13-0 390 1 L
2. Hand 12-1 360 3 SS
3. Greenwich 11-2 340 6 LL
4. Windsor 12-1 298 9 MM
5. Killingly 12-1 256 2 SS
6. Berlin 13-0 241 nr M
7. Sheehan 11-2 193 nr S
8. St. Joseph 9-3 168 4 M
9. Brookfield 10-3 165 nr M
10. Southington 9-4 160 nr LL
Also receiving votes: Cheshire (9-4), 155 points; Fairfield Prep (9-3), 149; Wilton (10-2), 140; Bunnell (10-3), 116; Newtown (8-3), 61; Northwest Catholic (11-2), 32; Woodland (11-1), 31; New Britain (8-2), 23; Fairfield Ludlowe (7-4), 18; Glastonbury (7-4), 10; Guilford (8-3), 9.
Voting this week: Erik Becker, Hand; Jason Bruenn, Platt; Joe Della Vecchia; St. Joseph; Mike Ellis; Fitch; Kevin Frederick, Maloney; Tanner Grove; Montville; Keith Hellstern, Fairfield Prep; Erick Knickerbocker, Rockville; Joe Lato; Woodland; John Mihalko, Ansonia; Bryan Muller; Brookfield; Marce Petroccio; Trumbull; Nathan Tyler, Stratford.

 


Saturday, Dec. 13
FOOTBALL
Class LL championship
Greenwich 45, Southington 6
Class L championship

New Canaan 34, Cheshire 13
Class MM championship
Windsor 23, Bunnell 13
Class M championship
Berlin 20, Brookfield 14
CIAC Class SS championship
Hand 37, Killingly 13
CIAC Class S championship
Sheehan 21, Northwest Catholic 7
BOYS HOCKEY
Wethersfield at Newington co-op
GIRLS HOCKEY
Avon/Southington 2, Hand 1
Suffield 3, Hamden 1

FOOTBALL
Hand 37, Killingly 13
At New Britain (Willow Brook)
Hand (12-1)         7  3  14  13  — 37
Killingly (12-1)   0  7     6  0  — 13
First quarter
H: Lucca Boyle 4 run (Anthony Bowe kick), 0:00
Second quarter
K: Joseph Mackie 1 run (Cooper Logee kick), 4:30
H: Anthony Bowe 26 FG, 0:32
Third quarter
K: Hayden Allard 5 run (kick fails), 5:12
H: Boyce 5 run (Bowe kick), 2:18
H: Tim O’Malley 18 interception return (Bowe kick), 1:19
Fourth quarter
H: Diego Portley 55 run (pass fails), 10:00
H: Portley 17 run (Bowe kick), 5:19
Individual leaders
RUSHING: Hand – Lucca Boyle 24-177, Diego Portley 2-72, Cole Preskar 2-14, Stone Leckey 2-5, Bobby Reh 2-2, Conor Casagrande 1-9, Wilson Walker 1-8; Killingly – Hayden Allard 33-121, Joseph Mackie 8-21, Hunter Allard 2-minus 5, Joseph Gould 1-1, Quinn Sumner 1-minus 8
PASSING: Hand – Bobby Reh 5-10-0, 53; Killingly – Quinn Sumner 7-10-1, 127
RECEIVING: Hand – Brendan Riodan 3-45, Finn Barry 1-5, Lucca Boyle 1-3; Killingly – Hayden Allard 2-13, Joseph Mackie 1-53, Payton Wallace 1-22, Aidan LaMotte 1-19, Hunter Allard 1-16, Callan Senecal 1-4

Sheehan 21, NW Catholic 7
At New Britain (Willow Brook)
NW Catholic (11-2)    0  0  7    0  — 7
Sheehan (11-2)            0  0  6  15  — 21
Third quarter
S: Joshua Durant 7 run (kick failed), 2:17
NW: Kayden Davis 21 pass from Vincent Burbank (Burbank kick), 0:11
Fourth quarter
S: Durant 2 run (Kiely Nolan pass from Jake O’Brien), 9:22
S: Durant 12 run (Reid Carter kick), 2:41
Individual leaders
RUSHING: Sheehan – Joshua Durant 39-215, Zack O’Brien 9-28; NWC – Vincent Burbank 8-51
PASSING: Sheehan – Jake O’Brien 6-7-0, 91, Durant 1-1, 6; NWC – Burbank 17-28-1, 120
RECEIVING: Sheehan – Seb Rosario 4-41, Reid Carter 1-18, Mason Francis 1-26, Mike Simlin 1-6; NWC – Chase Henry 1-7, Kaedean Stewart 1-1, Patrick Knorr 2-16, Kayden Davis 9-83, Ayden Ayala 4-13

New Canaan 34, Cheshire 13
At New Britain (Willow Brook)
Cheshire (9-4)                       7   0  0  6 — 13
New Canaan (13-0)            14  14  3  3 — 34
First quarter
NC: Finn Mocco 19 run (Neel Arora kick), 8:22
C: Aldren Gregorich 1 run (Tim Reinhard kick), 7:00
NC: Bennett Heagle 5 run (Arora kick), 1:18
Second quarter
NC: Mocco 4 run (Arora kick), 8:36
NC: Jackson Crowell 46 interception return (Arora kick), 2:22
Third quarter
NC: Arora 31 FG, 9:17
Fourth quarter
C: Liam Suomala 11 pass from Alden Gregorich (run fails), 11:09
NC: Arora 28 FG, 6:01
Individual leaders
RUSHING: Cheshire — Aiden Gregorich 13-141, Michael Chopak 12-41, Noel Martinez 2-0, Jacob Rivera 1-minus 12. New Canaan — Finn Mocco 21-162, Henry Stein 4-16, Maddox Hoffman 3-4, Bennett Heagle 2-5, James McInerney 2-2, Charlie Koch 1-5.
PASSING: Cheshire — Aiden Gregorich 12-232-0, 105. New Canaan — Maddox Hoffman 11-17-0, 66.
RECEIVING: Cheshire — Liam Suomala 5-57, Michael Chopak 4-38, Sean Kennedy 1-12, Noel Martinez 2-1, Jonathan Heavens 1-minus 12. New Canaan — Andrew Esposito 3-42, Ryan Brooks 2-8, Jack Valente 2-8, Bennett Heagle 2-6, Charlie Koch 1-6, Finn Mocco 1-6.

Windsor 23, Bunnell 13
At New Britain (CCSU)
Bunnell (10-3)                       0  7  0  6  — 13
Windsor (12-1)                      14  0  0  9  — 23
First quarter
W: A.J. Robinson 6 run (kick blocked)
W: Missoni Brown 4 pass from A.J. Robinson (Brown run), 3:03
Second quarter
B: Rody Rickets 21 run (Joel Ofshudi kick), 6:21
Fourth quarter
W: Robinson 5 run (Camryn Wimberly kick), 4:20
B: Keyshon Zimmerman 12 pass from Jake Garrigan (kick blocked), 1:36
W: Safety: Raiden Hollman tackles Garrigan, 0:07
Individual leaders
RUSHING: Bunnell – Jake Garrigan 15-77, Rody Ricketts 15-74, Rickie Miller 11-53, Marios Charitopoulos 8-42; Windsor – AJ Robinson 1499, Robert McKinney 9-60, Missoni Brown 3-34
PASSING: Bunnell – Garrigan 6-20-1 76; Windsor Robinson 13-23-2 140
RECEIVING: Bunnell – Ricketts 1-39, Charitopoulos 1-6, Keyshon Zimmerman 1-12, Rickie Miller 1-4, Jacob Mosley 1-8, Trent Raffaele 1-1; Windsor – Jayden Compton 4-36, Rondale Mapp 3-11, Brown 2-15

Greenwich 45, Southington 6
At New Britain (Willow Brook)
Southington (9-4)                  0    0     6  0  — 6
Greenwich (11-2)                 15  14  10  6  — 45
First quarter
G: Jack Kelly 1 run (Nicholas Mussolini, Jr. pass from Philip Tarantino), 5:25
G: Kelly 7 run (Michael Galano kick), 2:41
Second quarter
G: Hector Lopez 1 run (Galano kick), 4:31
G: Kelly 13 pass from Tarantino (Galano kick), 0:44
Third quarter
G: Kelly 2 run (Galano kick), 6:50
S: Ben Beaulieu 11 pass from Jacoby Roman (kick blocked), 5:39
G: Michael 27 FG, 1:55
Fourth quarter
G: Tarantino 14 run (kick blocked), 4:25
Individual leaders
RUSHING: Southington – Lonnie Green 4-5, Roman 3-17, Walker Mierzejewski 1-minus 2, Ben Beaulieu 14-29, Luke Prozzo 2-15; Greenwich – Phillip Tarantino 7-45, Hector Lopez 17-110, Jack Kelly 7-24, Dan Black 1-minus 1
PASSING: Southington – Nathan Pelletier 0-1-1, 0, Jacoby Roman 9-23-1, 87; Luke Prozzo 8-13-1, 45; Greenwich – Phillip Tarantino 10-14-2, 110
RECEIVING: Southington – Rosco Cook 3-13, Jaxiel Rivera 5-27, Leif Renehan 2-18, Beaulieu 3-27, Thomas Carr 1-6, Mierzejewski 2-41; Greenwich – Dan Black 2-13, Hudson Squires 2-19, Lopez 2-25, Kelly 2-22, Daniel Ciccarelli 1-6, Nicholas Galindo 2-41

Berlin 20, Brookfield 15
At New Britain (CCSU)
Brookfield (10-3)                  7  0  0  8  — 15
Berlin (13-0)                          7  7  0  6  — 20
First quarter
Ber: Cody Puzio 1 run (Collin Sullivan kick), 3:32
Brook: Tyler Buttendorf 54 run (Zachary Costa kick), 1:30
Second quarter
Ber: Eli Rice 5 pass from Puzio (Sullivan kick), 0:38
Fourth quarter
Brook: Thad Balzi 1 run (Tyler Buttendorf run), 0:48
Ber: Rice 80 kickoff return (run failed), 0:33
Individual leaders
RUSHING: Brookfield – Tyler Buttendorf 5-83, Thad Balzi 9-2, Matt Ackerly 4-0; Berlin -Cody Puzio 17-67, Ryan Lavender 10-35, Brandon Sadowski 7-34
PASSING: Brookfield – Balzi 5-7-0,115; Berlin– Puzio 5-9 0, 40
RECEIVING: Brookfield — John Lopes 2-39, Tristen Becker 2-25, Chase Sylvia 1-55

Emotions flow after Hand beat Killingly 37-13 with former head coach Steve Filippone, left, and current head coach Erik Becker Saturday in New Britain. Hand won its 15th state championship.


Friday, Dec. 12
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Farmington 40, Conard 31

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Farmington 40, Conard 31
At Farmington
Records: Farmington 1-0, Conard 0-1


Wednesday, Dec. 10
GIRLS HOCKEY
Avon/Southington 9, Mercy co-op 0
Suffield co-op 2, Simsbury 1


Monday, Dec. 8
FOOTBALL
Class LL semifinals
Southington 42, NFA 7
Greenwich 31, Fairfield Prep 10
Class L semifinals
New Canaan 43, Weaver co-op 6
Cheshire 32, Ridgefield 0
Class MM semifinals
Windsor 42, Newington 0
Bunnell 21, Wilton 20
Class M semifinals
Brookfield 6, St. Joseph 3
Berlin 49, Holy Cross 7
Class SS semifinals
Killingly 44, Ledyard 15
Hand 42, Nonnewaug co-op 0
Class S semifinals
Sheehan 41, Woodland Regional 20
NW Catholic 21, Ansonia 0

Northwest Catholic 21, Ansonia 0
At New Britain
Ansonia (8-4)             0  0  0  0  — 0
NW Catholic (11-1)    0  0  0  21 – 0
Fourth quarter
NW: Patrick Knorr 1 pass from Vincent Burbank (Burbank kick), 8:54
NW: Kayden Davis 29 pass from Burbank (Burbank kick), 6:38
NW: Bryce Jones 2 run (Burbank kick), 4:55
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Ansonia – Chrishon Fogle 10-33, Tymir Taylor 24-78, Javier Figuroa 2-minus 9, Daniel Ayala 1-2; NW Catholic – Vincent Burbank 11-5, Kaedean Stewart 5-18, Bryce Jones 1-2, Kayden Davis 1-1
PASSING: Ansonia – Javier Figueroa 3-7-1, 16; NW Catholic – Vincent Burbank 14-25-90, 114
RECEIVING: Ansonia — Jahzari Lawson 2-7, Daniel Ayala 1-9; NW Catholic – Kayden Davis 6-63, Kaedean Stewart 2-17, Chase Henry 1-9, Ayden Ayala 3-22, Marc Cheney 1-5, Patrick Knorr 1-7


Wednesday, Dec. 3
FOOTBALL
Class LL q
uarterfinals
NFA 35, New Britain 0
Southington 35, Glastonbury 30
Fairfield Prep 31, Danbury 17
Greenwich 41, Staples 7
Class L quarterfinals
New Canaan 42, Darien 7
Weaver co-op 63, ATI co-op 28
Ridgefield 24, Newtown 13
Cheshire 32, Fairfield Ludlowe 29
Class MM quarterfinals
Windsor 61, Plainfield co-op 0
Newington 12, Middletown 0
Wilton 48, Torrington 6
Bunnell-Stratford 42, Fitch 6
Class M quarterfinals
St. Joseph 37, Waterbury Career Academy 0
Brookfield 24, Guilford 17
Berlin 42, Platt Tech 0
Holy Cross 51, Rockville 21
Class SS quarterfinals
Killingly 56, Ellington 20
Ledyard 32, Jonathan Law 29
Hand 43, Waterford 19
Nonnewaug co-op 38, New Fairfield 36
Class S quarterfinals
Woodland Regional 42, Bloomfield 6
Sheehan 42, North Branford 0
Ansonia 34, Seymour 14
Northwest Catholic 31, Cromwell/Portland 21

Wilton 48, Torrington 6
At Wilton
Torrington (7-4)                    0    0  0  6  — 6
Wilton (10-1)                      20  28  0  0  — 48
First quarter
W: Dennis Dustin 27 run (kick failed)
W: Dustin 25 run (Matt Behar kick), 5:50
W: Dustin 40 pass from Charles Calabrese (Behar kick), 3:20
Second quarter
W: Dustin 16 run (Behar kick)
W: Marco Chila 10 blocked punt return (Behar kick)
W: Alan Osta 19 run (Behar kick)
W: Theo Starazemis 30 pass from Calabrese (Behar kick)
Fourth quarter
T: Evan Roman 17 run (kick wide)

Northwest Catholic 31, Cromwell/Portland 21
At Cromwell
NW Catholic (10-1)      3  14  0  14  — 31
Crom/Portland (9-2)   7    0  7    7  — 21
First quarter
N: Vincent Burbank 26 FG
C: Zhyair Brown 34 pass from Michael Sitaro (Luke Morello kick)
Second quarter
N: Kayden Davis 10 pass from Burbank (Burbank kick)
N: Chase Henry 8 pass from Burbank (Burbank kick)
Third quarter
C: Sitaro 1 run (Morello kick), 1:23
Fourth quarter
N: Burbank 1 run (Burbank kick), 6:34
C: Brown 11 pass from Sitaro (Morello kick), 4:16
N: Burbank 61 run (Burbank kick), 0:42
Of note: The Lions won their third-ever CIAC playoff game with the win.  Burbank ran for 91 yards and 2 TDs in the second half and completed his final 7 pass attempts in the game. A 17-yard completion to Henry on a third down and 15 play kept a fourth quarter scoring drive alive

Newington 12, Middletown 0
At Newington
Middletown (7-4)         0  0  0  0  — 0
Newington (9-2)           0  6  0  6  — 12
Second quarter
N: Joshua Pragnamo 15 pass from Victor Rodriguez, 2:27
Fourth quarter
N: Joshuah Sims 3 run (kick blocked), 3:56
Individual statistics
RUSHING: Newington — Lavonne Ellison 2-2, Josiah Sims 24-91, Victor Rodriguez 5-29, Taylor Begley 1-5
PASSING: Newington — Victor Rodriguez 4-6-0, 41
RECEIVING: Newington — Pragnamo 1-15, Dylan Ramsey 1-1, Brady Romeiko 1-8, Taylor Begley 1-17

NFA 35, New Britain 0
At New Britain

NFA (7-4)                  0  7  0  28  — 35
New Britain (8-2)    0  0  0    0   — 0

Berlin 42, Platt Tech 0
At Berlin
Platt Tech (7-4)    0    0  0  0  — 0
Berlin (11-0)        21  21  0  0  — 0

Nonnewaug co-op 38, New Fairfield 36
At Woodbury

New Fairfield (7-4)          0  14  7  15  — 36
Nonnewaug (11-0)          7  14  7  10  — 38
First quarter
Nonn: Davion Joe 29 run (Robert Metcalfe kick), 7:34
Second quarter
Nonn: Joe 3run (Metcalfe kick), 6:49
NF: Michael Traynor 2 run (Calo Ribiero kick)
Nonn: Metcalfe 24 pass from Brady Herman (Metcalfe kick), 1:36
NF: Jaeyce Rios 1 run (Ribiero kick), 0:20
Third quarter
Nonn: Derek Chung 28 pass from Herman (Metcalfe kick), 9:52
NF: Carter Bowteck 17 pass from Traynor (Ribiero kick), 5:05
Fourth quarter
Nonn: Chung 32 pass from Herman (Metcalfe kick), 11:19
NF: Traynor 15 run (Ribiero kick)
NF: Rios 10 run (Tyler Mango pass from Traynor), 0:45
Nonn: Metcalfe 32 FG, 0:00
Of note: New Fairfield took the lead for the first time with a touchdown and a two-point conversion with 45 seconds remaining but Nonnewaug’s Robert Metcalfe hit a 32-yard field goal as time expired to give the Chiefs the win in their first-ever CIAC playoff game.


Monday, Dec. 1
FOOTBALL
GameTimeCT Top 10 State Writers and Broadcasters poll.

First-place votes in parentheses and points compiled on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis, last week’s ranking and CIAC classification:
Team Rec. Pts. LW Class
1. New Canaan (19) 10-0 626 1 L
2. Killingly (2) 10-0 564 2 SS
3. Hand 9-1 548 3 SS
4. St. Joseph 8-2 512 4 M
5. Wilton 9-1 444 6 MM
6. Greenwich 8-2 438 5 LL
7. Fairfield Prep 8-2 374 7 LL
8. New Britain 8-1 332 8 LL
9. Windsor 9-1 259 8 MM
10. Southington 7-3 219 nr LL
Also receiving votes: Berlin (10-0), 211; Newtown (8-2), 182; Woodland (10-0), 156; Bunnell (8-2), 108; Cheshire (7-3), 95; Glastonbury (7-3), 55; Fairfield Ludlowe (7-3), 40; Seymour (9-1), 33; Darien (6-4), 27; Brookfield (8-2), 25; Jonathan Law (8-2), 23; Staples (5-5), 21; Rockville (9-1), 18; Sheehan (8-2), 16; Cromwell/Portland (9-1), 15; Newington (8-2), 7; Norwich Free Academy (6-4), 7.
THE FOLLOWING VOTED: Carl Adamec, GametimeCT; Sean Patrick Bowley, GametimeCT; Bryant Carpenter, GametimeCT; Andy Close, Bristol Press; Gerry deSimas Jr., Collinsville Press; Mike DiMauro, The Day of New London; Erik Dobratz, WTNH-8; Scott Ericson, GametimeCT; Ned Griffen, GametimeCT correspondent; Rob Gullo, New Britain Herald; Gabby Lucivero, NBC CT; Mike Madera, Walter Camp Football Foundation; Joe Morelli, GametimeCT; Pete Paguaga, GametimeCT; Lori Riley, Hartford Courant; Kevin Roberts, GametimeCT; Dave Ruden, The Ruden Report; Dave Stewart, GametimeCT; Vickie Fulkerson, The Day of New London; Jimmy Zanor, Norwich Bulletin; Joe Zone, WFSB-3. Did not vote: Will Aldam, GametimeCT

 

Hartford Courant Top 10 State Football Coaches’ Poll

First place points in parentheses, record through Saturday, points tabulated on a 30-28-26-24-22-20-18-16-14-12-11-10-9-8-7 basis, last week’s ranking and CIAC classification:
Team Rec. Pts. LW Class
1. New Canaan (12) 10-0 388 1 L
2. Killingly (1) 10-0 360 2 SS
3. Hand 9-1 330 3 SS
4. St. Joseph 8-2 312 4 MM
5. Wilton 9-1 280 5 MM
6. Greenwich 8-2 255 6 LL
7. Fairfield Prep 8-2 214 7 LL
8. New Britain 8-1 199 9 LL
9. Windsor 9-1 177 10 MM
10. Newtown 8-2 153 nr L
Also receiving votes: Woodland (10-0), 117 points; Tie, Berlin (10-0) and Southington (7-3), 112; Cheshire (7-3), 80; Fairfield Ludlowe (7-3), 67; Sheehan (8-2), 38; Glastonbury (7-3), 28; Tie, Bunnell (8-2) and Brookfield (8-2), 26; Law (8-2), 15 points; Tie, Bloomfield (7-3) and Maloney (6-4), 9; Darien (6-4), 8.
Voters: Erik Becker, Hand; Jason Bruenn, Platt; Joe Della Vecchia; St. Joseph; Mike Ellis; Fitch; Kevin Frederick, Maloney; Tanner Grove; Montville; Keith Hellstern, Fairfield Prep; Erick Knickerbocker, Rockville; Joe Lato; Woodland; John Mihalko, Ansonia; Bryan Muller; Brookfield; Marce Petroccio; Trumbull; Nathan Tyler, Stratford.

 


Upcoming events

 

 

Wednesday, Dec. 17
WRESTLING
Simsbury at Avon, 6 p.m.
BOYS HOCKEY
East Catholic at Farmington Valley, 7:45 p.m.
Staples co-op at Newington co-op, 4 p.m.
GIRLS HOCKEY
Avon/Southington at Suffield, 4:20 p.m.


Thursday, Dec. 18
BOYS BASKETBALL
Canton at Bolton, 6:45 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bolton at Canton, 6:45 p.m.


Friday, Dec. 19
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Wethersfield at Avon, 6;45 p.m.
GIRLS HOCKEY
East Catholic at Avon/Southington, 8:40 p.m.
BOYS SWIMMING
Avon at South Windsor, 3:45 p.m.


Saturday, Dec. 20
BOYS BASKETBALL
Avon at Suffield, 6:45 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Canton at SMSA, noon
WRESTLING
Avon at C.J. McCormack Invitational at Berlin
BOYS HOCKEY
Farmington Valley at Lyman Hall, 4 p.m.
Rockville co-op at Newington co-op, 7 p.m.


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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.

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