Manchester is 1-7 against Southington since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. After each having a week off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and hit the field against one another at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Manchester's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Glastonbury last Friday. They took a hard 16-0 fall against the Guardians. The contest marked the first time this season in which the Red Hawks were not able to get on the board.
Even if they lost, Manchester's defense still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Noah Colon refused to say out of the backfield, picking up 1.5 sacks all by himself.
Meanwhile, Southington played a tough matchup last Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against New Britain, falling 42-14. The Blue Knights were down 35-7 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Although Southington took the loss, they still got scores from Rosco Cook and Jaxiel Rivera.
Manchester's defeat dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Southington, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Manchester didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Southington in their previous matchup back in November of 2024, but they still walked away with a 26-20 victory. Will the Red Hawks repeat their success, or do the Blue Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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