Southington 32, New Britain 7
Southington (2-0) 7
0 25 0 – 32
New Britain (0-2) 0
7 0 0 – 7
SCORING SUMMARY
First Quarter
S – Stephen Barmore
19 run (Kyle Smick kick), 6:43
Second Quarter
NB – Malique Jones
1 run (Juan Usuga kick), 9:49
Third Quarter
S – Safety, Jones
tackled in end zone, 8:55
S – Safety, Lamar
Bowsky tackled in end zone, 7:39
S – Alex Jamele
42 pass from Barmore (Smick kick), 6:59
S – Zach Jamele 3
run (Smick kick), 3:45
S – Barmore 10
run (Smick kick), :46.5
INDIVIDUAL
STATISTICS
RUSHING –
Southington: Jarrid Grimmett 15-34, Barmore 9-53, Z. Jamele 1-3, Preston Testa
2-(-6), Steven Hamel 1-7. NB: Bowsky 14-63, Jones 16-79, Dylan Krivickas 3-10, Bryan
Gray 1-0, Marc Aponte 2-6.
PASSING –
Southington: Barmore15-33-1, 211 yds.; NB: Jones 8-27-3, 83 yds.
RECEIVING –
Southington: Anthony Bonefant 7-88, A. Jamele 3-89, Corbin Garry 3-21, Grimmett
2-13; NB: Gray 3-43, Kyle Anderson 2-23, Daequone Clark 2-13, Fitz Ingram 1-4.
NEW BRITAIN – The
first half against arch-rival Southington left the New Britain High football
team in an optimal position to win.
The defense kept
the high-powered Blue Knights passing game in check. While the Hurricanes were
rarely able to control the line of scrimmage, they left the field at halftime
with the game tied.
An abomination of
a third quarter separated the arch-rivals quickly.
Southington rode
the momentum from two safeties in just over a minute to a 32-7 conquest in a
CCC Division I West game that left some serious questions about where the
season is headed.
In addition to
the two safeties, the third quarter featured a steady parade of New Britain
players, including top running back Lamar Bowsky, leaving the field with cramps.
When a Southington touchdown followed the second safety to put the ’Canes in a 25-7
hole, the will to compete visibly ebbed from their play.
Head coach
Tebucky Jones is not the excitable type, but the word “quit” bandied about his
sideline is something he won’t endure.
“This stuff has
got to be corrected,” he said. “If they can’t get it right, somebody else has
got to come in and do it. It’s that simple. It’s all discipline – doing the job
and trusting the guys next to you are going to do their job. Right now it doesn’t
look like that.”
The Southington
defense stuffed New Britain’s first possession of the second half and on fourth
down, the center snap sailed over the head of punter/quarterback Malique Jones.
Southington had the ball at the 13 but a holding penalty led to an interception
in the end zone by Mikel Robinson.
An illegal block
on the return put the ball at the New Britain 3. Two plays later, Malique Jones
was ambushed in the end zone and Southington gained a 9-7 lead.
The New Britain
defense, sparked by a second-down play by defensive end Jonathan Semidey,
forced the Knights to punt. The referees ruled that Southington’s Corbin Garry
downed the ball at the 1. Tebucky Jones said he saw Garry brush against the
pylon, which would have been a touchback, but New Britain was once again in the
shadow of its own goal post.
The defense
swarmed over Bowsky as soon as he got the handoff just 1 minute, 16 seconds
after the previous safety. It was all downhill from there.
“The punt unit is
doing a good job getting down there,” Southington coach Mike Drury said. “Nate
Bonefant did a great job punting. The defense hunkered down and really wanted
it.”
Two plays after
New Britain’s free kick, Southington’s stellar junior quarterback Stephen
Barmore connected with Alex Jemele for a 42-yard touchdown.
Three plays after
the ensuing kickoff, Garry picked off a tipped pass to put Barmore back in
command at his 43. On third-and-12 from the 40, he hit Anthony Bonefant for 37
yards. Jarrid Grimmett ran for 20 to the 3 and Zach Jemele scored two plays
later. Heads were down all along the home sideline.
“Once they get
down, they don’t have that fight. That’s basically what it is,” Tebucky said. “To
win games, you’ve got to learn that. Until they learn that, it will be like
that the rest of the season. It’s in a person. If they don’t get it the JVs
will get it. I’ll put them in the rest of the year.”
Southington took
a 7-0 lead when Barmore raced 19 yards on a perfectly executed quarterback draw
with 6:43 left in the first quarter.
New Britain began
its lone scoring march when fullback Dylan Krivickas bulled for eight yards and
Bowsky broke off a 28-yard gallop to the Knights’ 7. Malique Jones crossed the
goal on a third-down quarterback sneak. Juan Usuga booted the extra point to
tie the game two minutes into the second quarter.
When Southington
went three and out, New Britain had the chance to take command of the game.
Bursts by Bowsky and Malique went for first downs. A flare from Malique to
Bryan Gray picked up another at the Southington 30. But a holding penalty
bogged the drive down and Malique was intercepted by Tyler Hyde on third-and-14.
The game was
marred by penalties. Southington was assessed 137 yards on 14 infractions. New
Britain was found guilty on 12 for 113 yards. New Britain turned the ball over
five times.
Cramping was as costly
as it was painful for the host of players grasping their calves and hamstrings
and writhing on the turf.
“We tell them
every day to drink,” Tebucky said. “If you’re not [urinating] clear, you’re not
hydrated. We give it to them here. This is two weeks in a row.”
New Britain seeks
its first victory at home Friday against East Hartford.
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