It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Ridgefield ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 34-31 win over the Danbury Hatters. The victory almost wasn't to be: the Tigers were down 21-7 in the second quarter.
Leo Moore had a dynamite game for Ridgefield, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. Those 112 rushing yards gave Moore a new career-high.
Ridgefield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 241 rushing yards. That's a new trend for them: they were averaging 85.6 rushing yards per game earlier this season, but in their last five contests they've averaged 131.4.
Ridgefield is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Danbury, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7.
As of now, neither Ridgefield nor Danbury have any future games scheduled.
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