The Windham Whippets will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Ledyard Colonels at 6:00 p.m. Windham is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.2 points per game this season.
Windham's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They blew past Woodstock Academy 45-0 on the road. The contest marked the Whippets' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Windham to victory, but perhaps none more so than Francisco Alvarado, who threw for 91 yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 43 yards. Kevon Roberts was another key rusher, rushing for 65 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Windham was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 361 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 157 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last four games, Ledyard finally came back down to earth last Friday. They lost 26-6 to Waterford. The matchup marked the Colonels' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Windham's win bumped their record up to 5-0. As for Ledyard, they moved to 4-1 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.
Windham strolled past Ledyard when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a score of 21-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Windham since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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