After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Hamden is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the New Britain Golden Hurricanes at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Hamden focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up four on Friday.
Hamden lost 33-12 to North Haven. The Green Dragons have struggled against the Nighthawks recently, as their game on Friday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Despite the loss, Hamden got top-tier performance from Charles Hebron Iii, who rushed for 133 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.8 yards per carry. Hebron Iii showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 57 yards.
Hamden wouldn't let North Haven keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Hamden can thank Daniel Lawrence and Kam Gamm for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for New Britain on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew East Hartford out of the water with a 60-20 final score. The Golden Hurricanes pushed the score to 53-20 by the end of the third, a deficit the Hornets had no chance of recovering from.
New Britain's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Donavan Campbell, who threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Jayden ALLEN was Campbell's top target, rushing for 112 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: New Britain was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 371 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as East Hartford only rushed for 139.
New Britain's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Elias Rodriguez.
Hamden's defeat dropped their record down to 0-2. As for New Britain, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
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