After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Bunnell is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Middletown Blue Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Bunnell's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They really took it to Norwich Free Academy for the full four quarters, racking up a 58-0 win on the road. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut football rankings (they are ranked 21st, while the Wildcats are ranked 92nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bunnell had a senior duo take command as KK Smalls rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries and Steven Mendoza threw for 274 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of his passes. The dominant performance gave Smalls a new career-high in rushing yards. Rody Ricketts was Mendoza's top target, picking up 89 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bunnell was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 305 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 152 rushing yards in seven consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
Bunnell's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Nathaniel Banton. He is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made five or more in the last three games he's played dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Middletown came into Friday's match having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They had just enough and edged Bloomfield out 17-14.
Rayjon Buttram was nothing short of spectacular: he picked up 91 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He showed off some serious burst, lighting up the secondary with a catch for 68 yards.
Bunnell's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Middletown, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
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