Football Recap: Southington Piles Up the Points Against Platt

Blue Knights

Team Score (Highest)

10/29/25 vs Platt	48
10/04/25 @ Hall	36
09/18/25 @ Glastonbury	35
09/11/25 @ McMahon	35
10/24/25 @ Manchester	28

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southington). They breezed past the Platt Panthers to the tune of 48-14 on Wednesday. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Blue Knights had established a 27-point advantage.

Southington's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Jacoby Roman, who threw for 317 yards and four TDs while completing 80.8% of his passes. Roman's passing game has become a key predictor of the Blue Knights' success: the team is undefeated when his passer rating is 100 or higher, but only 1-3 otherwise. Another rusher making a difference was Lonnie Green, who gained 125 total yards and two touchdowns.

Southington didn't let much get past them through the air: they limited Platt to a completion percentage of just 38.7%. The team can thank Austin Sirois for the heroic effort on defense: he. Southington has been improving in that area: they had allowed a completion percentage of 0.63 earlier this season, but they've only allowed one of 0.63 in their last three games.

Southington didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Sirois and Dan Corrado. Corrado is also crushing it when it comes to total tackles: he's made at least seven every time he's taken the field this season. Another thorn in Platt's side was William Cumberlidge, who picked up a sack and made 11 total tackles (2.0 for loss).

Despite the loss, Platt still got an impressive performance from Austen Standish, who rushed for 85 yards and a pair of scores, and also threw for 108 yards on 12 of 31 attempts.

Southington has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. As for Platt, they suffered their first road loss, dropping their record down to 4-3.

Southington didn't take long to hit the field again: they've already played their next matchup, a 28-7 victory against Windsor on the 7th. As for Platt, they also wasted no time getting back out on the field and have already played their next contest, a 49-14 defeat against New Britain on the 7th.