Football Recap: Canterbury School Saints vs. Hamden Hall Country Day
Canterbury School entered their contest against Hamden Hall Country Day on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The Canterbury School Saints took a 26-21 hit to the loss column at the hands of Hamden Hall Country Day. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut football rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the are ranked 32nd).
Several Saints players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Drew Fitzgerald, who threw for 134 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
A big part of Hamden Hall Country Day's victory came down to the chemistry between Charley Gulbin and his top target Asher Wasserman. Gulbin threw for 211 yards and two touchdowns while Wasserman gained 122 total yards and two touchdowns. The bulk of those rushing yards came from one huge play: a run that gained an incredible 73 yards. 85 of those passing yards were hauled in by Qeanu Johnson.
This is the second loss in a row for Canterbury School and nudges their season record down to 1-3. As for Hamden Hall Country Day, the win (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 3-2.
Canterbury School will square off against Berkshire School at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Hamden Hall Country Day, they will take on Capital Prep Harbor at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hamden Hall Country Day is facing Capital Prep Harbor at the right time seeing as Capital Prep Harbor is stuck on a four-game losing streak.
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