Football Preview: Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic Yellowjackets vs. Seymour Wildcats
The Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic Yellowjackets will challenge the Seymour Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Watertown on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic was dealt a 42-6 defeat at the hands of Watertown. The match marked the Yellowjackets' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Seymour). They took down Wolcott 22-6 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wildcats.
Seymour wouldn't let Wolcott keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Seymour can thank Max Brito and Noah Prodan for forcing both of them. Prodan also punched in two rushing touchdowns, which is notable because Seymour is 2-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Seymour was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 355 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic's loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Seymour, the victory got them back to even at 3-3.
Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic was able to grind out a solid win over Seymour when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 20-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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