The Middletown Blue Dragons will head out on the road to square off against the Wethersfield Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Middletown is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against South Windsor on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Blue Dragons came up short against the Bobcats, falling 30-8. The Blue Dragons were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 22-0.
Meanwhile, Wethersfield had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the River Hawks a 12-0 shutout.
Middletown's loss dropped their record down to 6-1. As for Wethersfield, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Middletown suffered a grim 28-7 defeat to Wethersfield in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. Thankfully for the Blue Dragons, Camden Righi (who rushed for 113 yards on only nine carries, and also threw for 119 yards and one touchdown on only nine passes) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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