Football Recap: Norwalk Skates Past Stamford with Ease

There's no place like home for Norwalk, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Thursday. They took their game on Saturday with ease, bagging a 34-0 victory over the Stamford Black Knights. The matchup marked the Bears' most dominant win of the season.

Kevin Gordon

Receiving Yards (Career)

11/08/25 vs Stamford	144
09/12/25 vs East Hartford	138
09/26/25 @ New Milford	132
10/10/25 @ Ludlowe	106
09/20/25 @ Greenwich	88

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Norwalk to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kevin Gordon, who picked up 144 receiving yards and two scores. Those 144 receiving yards gave Gordon a new career-high. CK Vertus handled things on the ground, rushing for 83 yards and a rushing touchdown.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Norwalk proved: they limited Stamford to a paltry 3.5 yards per carry. The team can thank Yancy Braxton for the heroic effort on defense: he. Norwalk didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 5.5.

Norwalk didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Gordon and Gavin Riina. Gordon also posted 144 receiving yards, which is notable because Norwalk is 3-1 when he posts at least 100 receiving yards, but 1-3 otherwise. The Bears got some further help from Jaxon Ermo: he picked up 0.5 sacks, made ten total tackles (1.0 for loss), and defended one pass.

The victory got Norwalk back to even at 4-4. As for Stamford, they are on an eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-8.

Coming up, Norwalk will take on Warde at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. That contest will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Easton Pace and James Dellavolpe. As for Stamford, they will square off against Ridgefield at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The Tigers' defense has only allowed 14.4 points per game this season, so the Black Knights' offense will have their work cut out for them.