After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Hamden is finally coming home. They will be defending their home-fieldthey go up against the New Britain Golden Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Hamden focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Hamden lost 33-12 to North Haven. The Green Dragons haven't had much luck with the Nighthawks recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Hamden might have lost, but man, Charles Hebron Iii was a machine: he rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Hebron Iii showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 57 yards.
Hamden wouldn't let North Haven keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Hamden can thank Daniel Lawrence and Kam Gamm for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the matchup if you win every quarter, and that was precisely New Britain's strategy against East Hartford on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that New Britain blew East Hartford out of the water with a 60-20 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Golden Hurricanes had established a 33 point advantage.
New Britain's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Donavan Campbell, who threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Jayden ALLEN was Campbell's top target, rushing for 112 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: New Britain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 371 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East Hartford only rushed for 139.
New Britain's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Elias Rodriguez.
Hamden's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for New Britain, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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