The Warde Mustangs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Norwalk Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Warde will be strutting in after a win while Norwalk will be coming in after a loss.
If Warde beats Norwalk with 60 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Warde blew past Bridgeport Central, posting a 60-12 victory. That's two games straight that the Mustangs have won by exactly 48 points.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 48 points the game before, Norwalk was a bit more limited in their match on Friday. They had to suffer through a 49-7 loss at the hands of New Canaan. The Bears have struggled against the Rams recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive lost matchup.
Norwalk's defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Warde, their win ended a four-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-5.
Warde couldn't quite finish off Norwalk in their previous meeting back in November of 2023 and fell 16-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Norwalk's Kevin Gordon, who picked up 151 receiving yards and a touchdown. Now that Warde knows 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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