The Conard Red Wolves will square off against the Enfield Eagles at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Conard will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Simsbury, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. The Red Wolves came out on top against the Trojans by a score of 21-13 on Friday. That eight point margin sets a new team best for the Red Wolves this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Enfield, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They secured a 30-26 W over Bristol Central on Friday. The win continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Rams: they've now won three in a row.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Sawyer Pequita and Gabriel Ouellette. Pequita had a great game and rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Ouellette was balling out in the loss, rushing for 159 yards and a pair of scores while picking up 7.6 yards per carry.
Enfield's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB four times. Jakobi Jackson was especially locked on to Bristol Central's QB and sacked him twice.
Conard's victory was their first in the league, bumping their league record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 3-5. As for Enfield, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Conard and Enfield were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in November of 2024, but Conard came up empty-handed after a 42-41 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pequita, who rushed for 238 yards and two TDs while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also threw for 57 yards and one touchdown. Now that the Red Wolves know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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