St. Joseph has gone 5-0 against Danbury recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The St. Joseph Cadets will venture away from home to square off against the Danbury Hatters at 6:00 p.m. St. Joseph's defense has only allowed 8.9 points per game this season, so Danbury's offense will have their work cut out for them.
St. Joseph is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Connecticut's top teams: Staples, who was ranked 11th in their home state at the time (St. Joseph was ranked 19th). St. Joseph fell to Staples 14-10. That makes it the first time this season the Cadets have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, while Danbury put up some points on Friday, the same can't be said for Stamford. Danbury simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Stamford 28-0. The Hatters might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 28 points or more this season.
The critical scores for Danbury came from Joel Garcia, Johnny Callari, and Rysaiah Saunders.
Danbury is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-5 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 31.5 points per game. As for St. Joseph, their defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 5-3.
St. Joseph took their victory against Danbury when the teams last played back in November of 2023 by a conclusive 28-3. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Joseph since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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