New Britain entered their game against Manchester on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. The New Britain Golden Hurricanes and the Manchester Red Hawks were almost perfectly matched up, but the New Britain Golden Hurricanes suffered a 28-27 loss. The Golden Hurricanes have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Jayden Allen and Donavan Campbell certainly did their best on Friday to avoid the loss. Allen rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, while Campbell rushed for 20 yards and a touchdown. Those 20 rushing yards gave Campbell a new career-high.
New Britain didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Juluis Mendez. He has been hot , having also posted eight or more total tackles the last seven times he's played. Damitrie Bishop was another major factor on D, picking up 1.5 sacks and making 12 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Manchester had a senior duo take command as Joe Mugovero picked up 184 receiving yards and two touchdowns and Emanuel Sampel threw for 308 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.1% of his passes.
New Britain's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-2. As for Manchester, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-3.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. New Britain will host Hartford Public at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. New Britain is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 34.7 points per game this season. As for Manchester, they will square off against East Hartford at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Manchester will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each matchup than the last.
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