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By Ron P. Coderre
This week’s action featured five of the area’s six teams in action with Plainfield enjoying an off week, which may help to heal some aches and provide much needed rest for the Panthers.
The biggest surprise of the weekend was Killingly’s 26-21 victory over Montville. Quinebaug Pride and Hyde-Woodstock continued to rack up points as both rolled to lopsided victories. Woodstock suffered yet another loss as the Centaurs are mirroring the season that’s taking place in Storrs with UConn. Pomfret School dropped a heartbreaker.
The Killingly Redmen scored all 26 of their points in the second half as they beat a good Montville team in a game played at Redmen Field. Trailing 7-0 at intermission, Killingly rode the coattails of Tyler Stucke, who appears to be healing from his ankle injury, as he ran for 132 yards on 27 carries that included touchdown scampers of 22, 17 and 3 yards.
Senior Nick Hewitt stepped in for freshman quarterback Kyle Derosier who suffered a hip injury and threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Michael Elsey. It was Hewitt’s only completion of the half. Before being injured, Derosier was 6-for-12 for 45 yards. The win raises the Redmen’s record to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in the ECC Medium.
The Quinebaug Pride had to keep an eye on the scoreboard as they were in jeopardy of violating the Connecticut 50-point rule in easily beating Wolcott Tech 48-0. The Pride running game once again proved to be the major difference, as five running backs racked up 309 yards on the ground for Coach Joe Asermelly. The one-two punch of Jon Sanderson and Raif Santerre ran for 121 and 72 yards respectively as the Pride raised its record to 5-2.
In another scoreboard watcher, Ledyard led by quarterback Ty Edbon raced out to a 20-0 first quarter lead over Woodstock as they ran away from the now 0-7 Centaurs by a 48-0 margin.
Hyde Woodstock traveled to Kents Hill, Maine, wherever that is, and were rewarded for the long journey with a 43-18 victory. Coach Sean Saucier’s Wolfpack are now riding a four game winning streak. The catalyst in the victory was Kyle Jordan who ran for 251 yards on 22 carries that included touchdown runs of 5, 20 and 83 yards. The Wolfpack is 4-2 overall and 3-1 in the Evergreen League.
Pomfret School, which was hoping to pick up its second win in a row, was disappointed at home as visiting Gunnery School scored a touchdown with 11 ticks remaining on the clock to walk off with a 26-20 win. The Griffins of Coach Henry Large are now 3-3 overall and 3-3 in the Colonial League.
Extra Points…
The Quinebaug Pride victory over Wolcott Tech was played at the Ellis Tech Field in Danielson. The game was a celebration of Homecoming for the team composed of players from Ellis Tech, Tourtellotte and Putnam…Killingly’s Tyler Stucke raised his season rushing total to 646 yards despite being out or hobbled for three games…Killingly Coach Chad Neal called the win over Montville the biggest win in his 10-year coaching stint with the Redmen…Quinebaug Pride’s running back combo of Raif Santerre and Jon Sanderson have a combined total of 1251 rushing yards. Santerre has 632 and Sanderson 619…Tylor Genest, quarterback for the Pride, kept his scoring streak intact, having tallied a touchdown in all seven games this season. He leads the area in scoring with 74 points… The Killingly defense led by linebacker Henry Hewig held vaunted Montville running back Jeremiah Crowley to 187 yards on 28 carries…The Pride unveiled a new offensive weapon when Saige Louis caught a Genest 25-yard pass for a touchdown… Austin Jones tallied two touchdowns in Pomfret’s loss to Gunnery…As the teams move into November, the Friday schedule includes Plainfield at North Smithfield, RI (6 p.m.) and Portsmouth-Abbey at Hyde-Woodstock (3 p.m.). On Saturday, Killingly visits Windham (10 a.m.); Quinebaug Pride is at O’Brien Tech (Noon); Woodstock travels to Kingswood-Oxford (1 p.m.); and Pomfret is at Williston-Northampton (6 p.m.).
Putnam Town Crier Super Standings: Quinebaug Pride – 5-2; Hyde-Woodstock – 4-2; Killingly – 4-3; Pomfret School – 3-3; Plainfield – 2-4; Woodstock Academy – 0-7.
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