The Kennedy Eagles will take on the Fairfield Prep Jesuits at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Kennedy sitting on five straight wins and Fairfield Prep on eight.
Fairfield Prep will take on a Eagles squad in a cheerful holiday mood after the team's game against Crosby on Thanksgiving. Kennedy took down Crosby 30-14 on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Fairfield Prep faced West Haven in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. Fairfield Prep walked away with a 31-20 victory over West Haven. Fairfield Prep's win was all the more impressive since the Blue Devils were averaging only 12.6 points allowed on the season.
A big part of Fairfield Prep's victory came down to the chemistry between Robert Manning and his top target Finbar Malloy. Manning threw for 122 yards and two touchdowns while Malloy picked up 89 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Fairfield Prep didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Jack Buck, Anthony Dorsi, and Daniel Delibro picked up one apiece. Buck has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played.
Fairfield Prep's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.6 points per game. As for Kennedy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season.
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