The Plainville Blue Devils will head out to take on the East Catholic Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Plainville knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past four games -- so hopefully East Catholic likes a good challenge.
Plainville's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They claimed a resounding 44-0 victory over Avon. The Blue Devils pushed the score to 37-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Falcons had no chance of recovering from.
Joel Hernandez
| 11/06/25 @ Avon | 123 |
| 11/01/25 vs Lewis Mills | 95 |
| 09/26/25 @ Tolland | 91 |
| 10/23/25 vs Rocky Hill | 63 |
| 10/03/25 vs Northwest Catholic | 57 |
Plainville's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Joel Hernandez led the charge by rushing for 123 yards and two TDs on only 15 carries. Those 123 rushing yards gave Hernandez a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Anthony Abarno, who threw for 166 yards and three touchdowns while completing 72% of his passes.
Meanwhile, there was early excitement for East Catholic after they claimed the first score on Thursday, but it was Rocky Hill who ended up claiming the real prize. The Eagles were just a hair shy of victory and fell 13-12 to the Terriers. The matchup was a 6-6 toss-up at halftime, but the Eagles couldn't quite close it out.
This is the second loss in a row for East Catholic and nudges their season record down to 4-4. As for Plainville, their win bumped their record up to 5-3.
Plainville lost to East Catholic on the road by a decisive 35-17 margin in their previous matchup back in November of 2024. Can the Blue Devils avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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