Football Preview: Windham Whippets vs. Ledyard Colonels
The Windham Whippets will challenge the Ledyard Colonels at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
Windham is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. Everything went their way against Montville on Tuesday as Windham made off with a 52-32 victory. Considering the Whippets have won three matches by more than 19 points this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Troy Torres-Morey and Kevon Roberts. Torres-Morey rushed for 126 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries while Roberts rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries. Those 126 rushing yards gave Torres-Morey a new career-high.
Meanwhile, Ledyard hadn't done well against Fitch recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Ledyard managed a 20-14 win over Fitch.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Anthony Adamick and Calvin Casavant. Adamick rushed for 179 yards and three touchdowns while Casavant rushed for 36 yards. An impressive showing, but Casavant really ramped things up playing D: he forced a fumble and made four total tackles.
Ledyard wouldn't let Fitch keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Ledyard can thank Myles Streckfuss and Casavant for forcing both of them. Streckfuss also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 14.
Windham's victory bumped their record up to 9-1. As for Ledyard, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
Windham beat Ledyard 13-6 in their previous meeting back in October. Does Windham have another victory up their sleeve, or will Ledyard turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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