Molly Wilson, a Rockville football senior, is close to breaking state records set by female kickers.
Wilson has 152 career points; the total points scored record is 157, held by North Haven’s Sabrina Fronte. She’s also just five made PATs away from the career record in that category, with 143.
Wilson already holds all of Rockville’s school records for kickers, and has the most consecutive extra points kicked by a female player, with 38 from Oct. 12-Dec. 9 last season. She is close to the record for the longest field goal by a female player (she had a 30-yard FG last season, the record is 32).
Rockville (3-0) hosts SMSA (0-3) Friday at 6:30 p.m.
“She knows she’s close but she doesn’t know how close she is,” Rockville coach Erick Knickerbocker said. “She doesn’t want to know.”
Wilson’s dad played football at Rockville and she wears his No. 65. She has been a four-year starter on varsity, one of the few Knickerbocker has had.
Rockville football’s Molly Wilson making a name for herself for more than just kicking
“We haven’t had to worry about it for four years,” he said. “Sometimes we take it for granted. We see teams that lose by a point or they have to go for two because they can’t kick an extra point.
“Two years ago, both playoff games, we won by one point. She’s been in those situations for four years. We’re very lucky to have someone who kicks like 90 percent.”
Here are some highlights from last week:
Hartford co-op gets first win
Weaver/Hartford Public/Classical’s defense came up big at the end of Friday’s game against Haddam-Killingworth, tackling Tyler Napierkowski as he headed toward the end zone with no time left on the clock to end the game with a 30-23 win, the first victory for the Hartford co-op. “Our defensive coordinators, they’ve been working all week,” Hartford coach Theo Harrison said. “We understand what we was going against with a great H-K team and things they run. We just had to make sure we stayed the course.”
More from around the state
Vincent Burbank had five TD passes, three to Kayden Davis and two to Chase Henry, in Northwest Catholic’s 35-7 win over Joel Barlow Saturday. … Keith Agba had three rushing touchdown, including a 50-yard run, and three passing touchdowns in the CREC Colts’ 60-15 win over Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby Saturday. … Ryan Faux had two touchdown runs and a touchdown pass in the first quarter for South Windsor as the Bobcats got its first win of the season, beating Avon, 48-0 on Saturday. … Luke Prozzo ran for two touchdowns and completed 17 of 29 passes for 103 yards but Southington fell to St. Joseph 30-24 after St. Joseph scored a touchdown with 44 seconds left in the game Friday night. … Aiden Gregorich had 10 tackles and two rushing touchdowns for Cheshire but the Rams lost their first game, 28-21, to Wilton Friday night. … Nick Balicki had three sacks and a 28-yard interception return for a touchdown as well as a 5-yard TD run in the first quarter in Berlin’s 42-6 win over Bristol Eastern Friday. The Redcoats are 3-0.
Games to watch
Middletown (3-0) at Newington (3-0), Friday, 6:30 p.m.: Middletown is ranked third in Class MM and Newington is one slot below in fourth so this CCC interdivisional game between two unbeaten teams could be a playoff preview.
New Britain (2-1) at Enfield (2-1), Friday, 6 p.m.: New Britain had its first loss to Fairfield Prep, ranked ninth in the Courant’s state coaches’ football poll, 24-21 Friday. The Hurricanes were driving with a minute left but Fairfield Prep’s Oliver Fricke got an interception to seal the win. Enfield will be looking to bounce back from a 15-13 loss to Newington.
