On Wednesday, Fairfield Prep faced West Haven in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Fairfield Prep Jesuits walked away with a 31-20 victory over the West Haven Blue Devils. The win was nothing new for the Jesuits as they're now sitting on eight straight.
A big part of Fairfield Prep's victory came down to the chemistry between Robert Manning and his top target Finbar Malloy. Manning threw for 122 yards and two touchdowns while Malloy picked up 89 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Fairfield Prep didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jack Buck, Anthony Dorsi, and Daniel Delibro picked up one apiece. Buck has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Although West Haven took the loss, they still got scores from Tahmayn Thompson, Coryon Harris, and Tamarion La'Fortune.
Fairfield Prep's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.6 points per game. As for West Haven, their loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 8-2.
Fairfield Prep will look to defend their home field on Tuesday against Kennedy at 6:00 p.m. Kennedy will roll in looking for their fifth straight victory, something Fairfield Prep surely won't give up without a fight. As for West Haven, they will head out to face off against Glastonbury at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Glastonbury is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.4 points per game this season.
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