FARMINGTON — Simsbury had beaten the Farmington High School girls soccer team twice this fall, 5-1 in September and 2-1 in October. On Saturday, Oct. 31, with a place in the conference final at stake, junior defender Emily Lahtinen scored in the second half and Farmington beat the top seed 1-0.
That semifinal at Rocky Hill High School was the middle of three straight one-goal games in the Central Connecticut Conference tournament. Seeded fifth, Farmington opened with a 1-0 win at fourth-seeded Hall High School on Thursday, Oct. 29, on a second-half goal by junior midfielder Sienna DiLella.
Farmington lost the final 1-0 to second-seeded Glastonbury on Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Berlin. Glastonbury's Zoey Giroux scored midway through the second half, according to the conference, its third straight 1-0 win of the tournament.
One more win, then Greenwich
Three days later, Farmington opened the state tournament at Tunxis Mead Park and beat Southington 2-0 on Friday, Nov. 6. Senior forward Brooke Hacker scored Farmington's second goal, in the first half. Farmington had beaten Southington by the same score in September.
The season ended on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with a 3-0 loss at Greenwich.
Praise from the council
At the Town Council's Oct. 13 meeting, Council Chair Brian F.X. Connolly used his report to congratulate the team for winning "its pink out game last week in support of breast cancer awareness."
"The team deserves recognition not only for its victory, but also for supporting an important cause that has touched so many families," Connolly said.
In January 2025, the council declared a Farmington High School Boys Soccer Team Day after that team won a state title.
Scores are from CIAC, the state's high school sports association, and goal scorers from the team's game recaps on Hudl.
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Jack Beckett now has opinions about stoppage time, which is more than he knew about soccer in August. He is keeping them between himself and his third coffee. ☕
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