The Valley Regional/Old Lyme Warriors will venture away from home to challenge the Cromwell/Portland Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Valley Regional/Old Lyme's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Coginchaug Regional/East Hampton/Hale Ray 21-0. The result was nothing new for the Warriors, who have now won three contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
Meanwhile, Cromwell/Portland strolled into their game last Friday with a perfect record and they left with the same. Everything went their way against Weaver as they made off with a 49-26 win. 49 seems to be a good number for the Panthers as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Valley Regional/Old Lyme better focus on containing Michael Sitaro Jr. and Tyler Cipolla as the pair were huge in Cromwell/Portland's win. Sitaro Jr. rushed for 132 yards and three touchdowns, while Cipolla gained 235 total yards and three touchdowns. With that strong performance, Cipolla is now averaging an impressive 105.4 rushing yards per game.
Cromwell/Portland was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 354 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Valley Regional/Old Lyme's record is now 4-1. As for Cromwell/Portland, their record now sits at 5-0.
Valley Regional/Old Lyme came up short against Cromwell/Portland in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, falling 21-16. Can the Warriors avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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