On Saturday, New Canaan faced Staples in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The New Canaan Rams came out on top against the Staples Wreckers by a score of 23-10. That result was just more of the same for these two, as the Rams also won the last time the pair played back in October of 2019.
The critical scores for New Canaan came from James McInerney, Jack Crowell, and Luke Robinson.
New Canaan didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Andrew Esposito.
When it comes to explaining why Staples lost, don't look at Nick Weil. Despite the final result, he rushed for 125 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries. The dominant performance gave Weil a new career-high in rushing yards.
The victory made it two in a row for New Canaan and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Staples, the loss snapped their winning streak at 16 games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 4-1 record.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. New Canaan will challenge Wilton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. New Canaan is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.5 points per game this season. As for Staples, they will take on Stamford at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Staples also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 32.4 points per game.
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