Football Preview: Branford Hornets vs. Foran Lions
The Branford Hornets will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Foran Lions at 7:00 p.m.
Branford's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against West Haven on Friday. They were dealt a 49-0 loss at the hands of the Blue Devils. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut football rankings (they are ranked 113th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 13th).
Meanwhile, Foran won against Weston last Friday with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Foran breezed by Bassick to the tune of 42-8. Foran pushed the score to 35-0 by the end of the third, a deficit Bassick cut but never quite recovered from.
Branford's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Foran, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-4.
Branford suffered a grim 35-14 defeat to Foran in their previous matchup back in October of 2022. Thankfully for Branford, Jack Cushman (who threw for 256 yards and five touchdowns while picking up 11.1 yards per attempt) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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