Football Wrap-up

Killingly & 

Plainfield 

score big 

victories

By Ron P. Coderre

In a week where all high school and prep school football teams were in action with the exception of the Woodstock Academy Centaurs, the Killingly Redmen and Plainfield Panthers came off their bye weeks with a vengeance.

Killingly rolled past the Montville Indians in a clash of Eastern Connecticut Conference teams.  Plainfield traveled to Rhode Island for an out of conference contest with Central Falls High School and came home with a big 28-point victory.

The winless Quinebaug Valley Pride traveled across the state to Bridgeport only to be steamrolled by Bullard Havens.

The preps, Pomfret School and Hyde School-Woodstock, both played over the weekend.  Hyde was beaten on the road, while Pomfret won in front of the home crowd. 

Killingly Puts it Altogether 

Against Montville

Killingly used a strong defensive effort in creating Montville turnovers, allowing its offensive unit to pile up six touchdowns in a 46-20 victory over the Indians.  The Redmen had four interceptions, three by sophomore cornerback Luke Desaulnier and one by Zack Burgess.

Following Burgesses first quarter interception, the Killingly offense took over scoring two first period and two second quarter touchdowns to take a 28-6 halftime lead to the locker room.  Zach Caffrey tallied the initial two Redmen scores with touchdown runs of 5 and 37 yards.  Caffrey enjoyed a fine evening on the gridiron, piling up 58 yards on only eight carries.

Killingly’s premier runningback Spencer Lockwood accounted for the first score of the second quarter when he broke loose on a 73-yard TD scamper.  Lockwood had another banner evening, running for 238 yards on 30 carries.  His performance put him over the 1000-yard plateau after only five games.  Unofficially the junior has now amassed 1,025 yards through the first half of the season.

Burgess recorded Killingly’s other second quarter score when he was on the end of a 29-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Kyle Derosier.  It was the first of two Derosier touchdown tosses in the game.  He also connected with Jeff Ward in the third stanza on a 36-yard aerial score.  On the evening Derosier finished 6-of-15 and 108 yards through the air.  Burgess was Killingly’s leading receiver with three catches for 54 yards. 

The remainder of the Killingly scoring came on a Desaulnier 21-yard field goal and a Tyler Cournoyer 5-yard run.   

The Redmen of coach Chad Neal are 4-1 on the season as they prepare for a Friday evening 6:30 p.m. encounter under the bright lights of Killingly against the visiting Windham Whippets.  The Whips enter the contest sporting a 3-1 log following a huge 47-13 win over Griswold in which they amassed more than 500 yards of offense.

Trip to Ocean State Worthwhile for Plainfield

Plainfield ventured over the border into Rhode Island for a contest against Central Falls High School and returned to the Nutmeg State with a convincing 40-12 victory.  The Panthers jumped out to a 20-0 halftime lead and never looked back as they were in control throughout the 48 minutes of action.

Cam Gonzales had a pair of touchdowns on runs of three and 30 yards to pace the victory.  Devin McGale also produced two touchdowns, one on the ground and one through the air.  McGale rushed for a 25-yard score and was on the end of a 20-yard TD pass from quarterback Marcus Robinson.

Backup quarterback Chris Peasley scored on a two-yard sneak and Kyle Holt ran over from 7 yards to close out the Plainfield scoring.

The win puts Plainfield at 3-2 on the season.  The team travels to Colchester on Saturday for a noon showdown with Bacon Academy.  

QVP Run Over by Bullard Havens

The young and outmanned Quinebaug Valley Pride traveled to Bridgeport for a noon showdown with Bullard Havens and was dominated by the hosts 42-0.  The lone highlight for the Pride was the performance of runningback Will McGlyn who had 102 yards on 20 carries.  

The loss drops QVP to 0-5 on the year.  On Friday the Pride entertains another formidable opponent Thames River in a 6 p.m. encounter under the arcs.

Pomfret Shutouts NY Visitors

Pomfret School raised its 2016 record to 2-1 with a one-sided 48-0 shutout of visiting Millbrook School of New York.  This was the second time this season that the two schools have faced off on the gridiron.  Millbrook is one of the four teams in the 8-man league.

Pomfret was led by the trio of Owen McDevitt, Beny Huckaby and Thos Kuffour in the 8-on-8 football game.  McDevitt had two touchdowns, one on a 42-yard interception.  Overall he tallied 80 yards on six carries.  Huckaby excited the crowd with a punt return of 53 yards for a score, while Kuffour scored on an 8-yard run. 

Hyde Drops to 2-2 with Loss to Pingree

Hyde School-Woodstock, in its final year of existence on its beautiful Woodstock campus ,is having a difficult time picking up football victories.  The Wolfpack was on the road in Hamilton, Mass., where it was beaten 20-7 by The Pingree School.

The hosts jumped out to a 20-0 early lead and were never threatened by Hyde.  Ian Ricketts tallied the only Hyde score on a 17-yard run.  Jordan Knight was a workhorse for coach Sean Saucier, carrying the pigskin 19 times and amassing 121 yards.

 

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