The Holyoke Purple Knights (Holyoke, MA) football trounced the host Taconic Thunder (Pittsfield, MA), 51-12 in Saturday's non-league outing.

The Purple Knights now sport a 1-2 record. They take the field next when they travel to Longmeadow for a AA outing on Friday, October 4. Holyoke will clash with a Lancers squad coming off a 47-12 non-league loss to West Springfield (West Springfield, MA). The Lancers record now stands at 0-3.

With the defeat, Taconic drops to 0-3 on the campaign. The Thunder travel to Chicopee (Chicopee, MA) to clash with the Pacers in a Suburban - North outing on Thursday, October 3. The Pacers come into the outing with a record of 3-0. Chicopee won 26-20 in their recent non-league outing against Commerce (Springfield, MA)