After each having a week off, the South Windsor Bobcats and the Platt Panthers will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
South Windsor's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Windsor last Saturday. They took a blow against the Warriors, falling 35-0. That makes it the first time this season the Bobcats have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, Platt didn't have quite enough to beat Hall last Saturday and fell 24-21. The Panthers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
South Windsor's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 2-2. As for Platt, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
South Windsor couldn't quite finish off Platt in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 21-19. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Platt's Joel Rey, who rushed for 166 yards and three touchdowns. Now that South Windsor knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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