Sports
Ellington-Somers Football Team Wins Emotional Opener
Knights will be back in action Saturday afternoon against Windsor Locks-Suffield-East Granby co-op team.
Fresh off the Ellington-Somers’ football team’s emotional season-opening victory over Avon, the Knights will be back in action Saturday afternoon when they travel to Windsor Locks for a 1 p.m. kickoff against the Windsor Locks-Suffield-East Granby co-op team.
Ellington-Somers beat Avon 28-14 in the final meeting between the schools before Avon moves to the CCC. It was only the Knights’ second win over Avon in nine meetings.
It was also Ellington-Somers’ first game since the tragic death of former all-state player Austin Tautkus, who died after an ATV accident over the summer.
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“We really went through a lot during the summer and this means a lot to these kids,” Ellington-Somers coach Sean Byrne told Sean Patrick Bowley of GameTimeCT. “This a place Austin loved to play. He always made big plays against Avon. I think he was with us today.”
Mark Hickman scored four touchdowns to lead the Knights.
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