Football Preview: Wethersfield Eagles vs. Farmington River Hawks
Wethersfield is 4-0 against Farmington since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Wethersfield Eagles will welcome the Farmington River Hawks at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Wethersfield has four straight wins, Farmington has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Wethersfield's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Edwin O. Smith to the tune of 42-0. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won seven games by 21 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, a victory for Farmington just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Newington, falling 33-7. While losing is never fun, the River Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut football rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Nor'easters are ranked 30th).
Wethersfield pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 37 points. As for Farmington, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-7.
Wethersfield strolled past Farmington when the teams last played back in October of 2019 by a score of 14-0. Will Wethersfield repeat their success, or does Farmington have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
