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Pride still
winning as
locals have
50-50 week
By Ron P. Coderre
In what is best described as a 50-50 week, the local gridiron entries were 50 percent successful and fifty percent unsuccessful. Three teams, the Quinebaug Pride, Pomfret School and Hyde-Woodstock reveled in victory, while their counterparts Killingly, Plainfield and Woodstock went down to defeat.
The hybrid Quinebaug Pride, composed of players from Putnam, Tourtellotte and Ellis Tech, travelled to Ansonia to face the Owls of Whitney Tech. The lengthy trip proved to be worthwhile as the Pride rode home 41-0 victors. The win raised coach Joe Asermelly’s charges record to 4-2 overall and in the CSC.
Six different players crossed the goal line for the winners, who were led by their field general Tylor Genest and their one-two running back punch of Raif Santerre and John Sanderson.
The preps, Pomfret School and Hyde Woodstock took different routes to victory. The Griffins of coach Henry Large went on the road to New Milford where they emerged with a 14-7 victory in a low scoring, tough defensive battle with Canterbury School. Both Pomfret scores were created on defense, as Joe Kelly scored on a 65-yard interception and Shaun O’Loughlin tallied on an eight-yard fumble recovery. Pomfret is 3-2 overall and in its league.
Hyde-Woodstock hosted visiting Holderness School on the Astroturf in Woodstock. The Wolfpack of coach Sean Saucier put on an offensive show besting the visitors 37-28 in a game that went down to the wire. The winners were led by the running back Marcus Greenledge and the passing of Harrison Smith. The Wolfpack moves to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in its league.
On the flip side of the coin, Killingly played competitively for almost a half until they were overmatched by a very fast and quick New London team 56-14. A bright spot for coach Chad Neal’s 3-3 Redmen was the return of running back Tyler Stucke who rushed for 153 yards on 23 carries.
The Plainfield Panthers also took a solid shot to the chin when they were handed a 49-7 spanking at the hands of the visiting Ledyard Colonels. The loss drops Plainfield to 2-4 on the season.
Woodstock, which just can’t seem to find the end zone, was manhandled by the visiting Stonington Bears 48-8, dropping the Centaurs to 0-6 on the year.
Extra Points…
This was a week of large unanswered point runs by winning teams. Stonington ran off 42 unanswered points against Woodstock; Quinebaug Pride enjoyed a 41-0 run over Whitney Tech; while both New London and Ledyard went on 42-point streaks over Killingly and Plainfield respectively…Ty Edbon, Ledyard’s sophomore quarterback has local connections. His grandparents are Bill and Bertha Lawson of Dayville and his mom is the former Sandy Lawson…By the way, Edbon had a spectacular night against Plainfield. He was a perfect 7-7 in the air for 154 yards and three aerial scores. He added a three-yard rushing touchdown…Coach Chad Neal of Killingly was buoyed by the return of Tyler Stucke, although it’s possible that Stucke’s ankle/Achilles injury may never be 100 percent this season…Plainfield was happy to have quarterback Steve Jankowski return to the field but the Panthers suffered the loss Jordan Federer and Tyler Ballard in its loss to Ledyard…Quinebaug Pride had a great performance defensively against Whitney Tech with Jojo Gonsales, Jeremee Perez, Mike Davis and Saige Louis all posting interceptions in the shutout… Hyde-Woodstock received a tremendous rushing performance from Marcus Greenridge who was 23-147 and three touchdowns in the 37-28 win over Holderness…The Pride’s Tylor Genest with a touchdown on Saturday continues to lead the area in scoring with 68 points…Plainfield’s Jankowski now has 10 TD passes in the air…As the teams move into week Number Seven, Montville is at Killingly; Woodstock visits Ledyard; and Quinebaug Pride hosts Wolcott Tech. All three contests are 6:30 p.m. starts on Friday under the arcs. On Saturday, Hyde-Woodstock is at Kents Hill in a 2:30 p.m. kickoff and Gunnery School comes to Pomfret for a 2:45 p.m. start.
Putnam Town Crier Super Standings: Quinebaug Pride – 4-2; Pomfret School – 3-2; Hyde-Woodstock – 3-2; Killingly – 3-3; Plainfield – 2-4; Woodstock – 0-6.