Football Wrap-up

Lightning 

delays Friday

high school 

football 

games

By Ron P. Coderre

In an unusual occurrence, Friday night high school football games were postponed due to severe lightning that struck northeastern Connecticut shortly following the start of two games.

The Killingly High School and the Windham Whippets game as well as The Quinebaug Valley Pride and Thames River contest were stopped by officials as a precautionary safety measure.  The QVP contest was rescheduled for Saturday evening.  The new date didn’t change the Pride’s luck as it lost for the sixth straight time this season.

Killingly’s game was moved to a Sunday night time.  The Redmen needed more than 40 minutes to adjust to playing a game on the Sabbath Day but rallied late for a win.

In Saturday games that went off on schedule, Woodstock Academy continued its offensive assault on the scoreboard as the Centaurs outlasted Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech.  The win gave Woodstock something it hasn’t had since 2009, its third win of the season.

Plainfield continued its winning ways as the Panthers snuck by Bacon Academy.

Pomfret School, which plays in the unique 8-on-8 league, rolled to its third win of the season.  The Golden Griffin shutout visiting Forman School.  

Woodstock Academy Thrills Home

 Crowd

Woodstock Academy rode the strong legs of runningback Kameron Janice to a 48-30 win over Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech in front of an enthusiastic home crowd.  Janice ran wild, racking up 268 yards on 20 carries, resulting in four touchdowns.  The difficult to tackle runningback has 1155 yards in six games this season.

The Centaurs took a 28-8 lead to the locker room at intermission as Janice opened the scoring with a 6-yard run followed by a 1-yard bolt.  Woodstock’s talented quarterback Jared Bouten, who had a great all around game, scored the Acads second TD on an 82-yard naked bootleg.  Bouten was 4-10-102 on the day with one touchdown through the air to go with his long run.  He had 98 rushing yards.  Bouten is the area’s top quarterback with 833 yards through the air this year.

Woodstock’s final points of the first half came on a Bouten to Eric Preston 31-yard aerial hook-up.  Preston had three receptions for 61 yards on his afternoon’s work.  He now has 270 reception yards in six games.

The visiting tri-op team came to life in the second half, scoring 22 points but Woodstock kept pace tallying 16 points of its own.  Janice broke from scrimmage for TD scampers of 41 and 72 yards.  Kyle Strandson closed out the Woodstock scoring with 2-yard dash to the end zone.

The win raised Woodstock’s record to 3-3 on the season.  On Saturday the Centaurs travel across the state for a noon showdown with another tri-op, Wolcott Tech/Gilbert/Northwestern Regional.

Plainfield Holds on for Win Over Bacon Academy

The Plainfield Panthers raised their record to 4-2 on the season with a 24-12 win over Bacon Academy in a game played in Colchester.  The Panthers scored eight points in each of the first three quarters against Bacon and staved off a determined Bobcat team that hasn’t won a game this season.

The Panthers led 16-0 at halftime thanks to a 3-yard touchdown run by Kyle Holt and a 1-yard sneak by quarterback Marcus Robinson.  Holt became Plainfield’s second runningback to crack the century mark in a game this season, as he registered 108 yards on 23 carries.

Plainfield went up 24-0 in the third stanza before allowing Bacon 12 second half points.  The Panthers opened the scoring following intermission with a Robinson to Nick Burlingame 3-yard touchdown pass.  Robinson was 7-9-81 on the afternoon.  Burlingame was Robinson’s favorite target with three receptions for 31 yards.

The Panthers next game is a key matchup against the Killingly Redmen in a 6:30 p.m. Friday kickoff in Danielson.

Killingly Posts Last-second Victory

Killingly passed one of its biggest tests of the season when the Redmen posted a last second 14-12 victory over a stubborn Windham Whippets team.  Killingly overcame a 12-0 deficit in posting the victory.  The win gave Killingly a 5-1 overall record and a 2-0 log in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Division III.

The winning touchdown came as time was running out in the game when quarterback Kyle Derosier (12-30-122) found sophomore receiver Josh Montpelier on a 5-yard touchdown hookup.  Montpelier was in the hero’s role due to the fact that Luke Desaulnier was forced to sit out the contest because of the concussion protocol.

Derosier was also part of the other Killingly score when he tallied on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 3:23 remaining in the final stanza.  The Redmen proved they could win despite the fact that star runningback Spencer Lockwood being held to 57 yards by the determined Windham defense.  

The scoring difference in the contest was a two-point conversion on Derosier’s touchdown.  It came when the quarterback found Jake Gauthier on a pass play conversion.

The Redmen now prepare for their next test of the 2016 season.  On Friday they host 4-2 Plainfield in a 6:30 p.m. contest.  

QVP Loses to CSC Foe Thames River

The Quinebaug Valley Pride failed to pick up its first win of the season when it was beaten at home by Constitution State Conference opponent Thames River 30-16.  The loss drops the Pride to 0-6 on the season.  The Pride is 0-5 in the CSC.

Will McGlyn, who has been QVP’s top threat all season was the lone bright spot for coach Joe Asermelly.  McGlyn ran for 200 yards on 23 carries and a touchdown.

The next contest for the Pride is a road encounter at noon with Vinal Tech/East Hampton/Goodwin Tech on Saturday.

Pomfret Rolls 54-0

The Pomfret School offense rolled up 481 yards in an eight-man contest against visiting Forman School.  The offensive output resulted in a 54-0 shutout verdict for the 3-1 Golden Griffins.

The primary culprit in the victory was Beny Huckaby who had 237 yards and four touchdowns on only 14 carries.  Toby Ketcham added a pair of touchdowns for the victors.  He cracked the century mark with 112 yards.  Quarterback Jack Paulson also tallied a touchdown.

 

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