The second night of the Area Game of the Week double header saw the Sacred Heart Knights visiting the Plainville Cardinals. The Knights entered the game at 0-8 and the Cardinals held a 7-1 mark, ranking 3rd in 1A.

The Cardinals received the ball first and found pay dirt when Jared Casey scampered for a 54-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage. The extra point was no good and Plainville led 6-0. Sacred Heart was forced to punt on their first drive, and the Plainville offense went to work quickly finding another rushing touchdown, this one from quarterback Jordan Finnesy.

Finnesy and Casey each added another touchdown in the quarter, pushing the score to 28-0 in favor of the Cardinals. Jordan Finnesy made a big play right before the end of the quarter, intercepting a 3rd down pass form Sacred Heart quarterback Mac Hemmer, and running it in for a touchdown. The score after one was 35-0 in favor of Plainville.

The Cardinals tacked on two more touchdowns to make the score 49-0 at the half. That meant running clock for the duration of the second half. Coach Grant Stephenson elected to rest Casey, Finnesy, and several other starters for the games final two quarters. The two teams exchanged touchdowns in the time-shortened  second half, resulting in a 56-7 victory for Plainville.

Jared Casey finished with 163 yards and 3 touchdowns on 9 carries. Jordan Finnesy had a well-rounded performance, rushing for two touchdwons, passing for one, and retruning an interception for one. Sacred Heart quarterback Mac Hemmer was 11/21 through the air for 63 yards. His second-half touchdown run gave the Knights their only score.

Sacred Heart finishes the season 0-9. However, the Knights return Mac Hemmer and several other key players to next year’s squad.

Plainville moves to 8-1 on the season and will host Ell-Saline next Friday in Plainville. Ell-Saline is 7-2 on the season. Plainville has ousted Ell-Saline from the post-season the last 2 seasons.