A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats takes on the Masuk Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Bethel is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Bethel will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Weston, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Bethel took down Weston 45-28 on Friday. The Wildcats pushed the score to 37-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Trojans cut but never quite recovered from.
Josh Macomber continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 182 yards and three touchdowns on only 11 carries. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season. Bethel also got help from Luca Baia, who showed off his sure hands for 99 receiving yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Bethel was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 314 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Masuk never got on the board in their matchup on October 4th, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against New Milford last Friday. They really took it to the Green Wave for the full four quarters, racking up a 42-7 victory on the road. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut football rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Green Wave are ranked 42nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Bethel pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their third straight at home. As for Masuk, their record now sits at 4-1.
Bethel took a serious blow against Masuk in their previous meeting back in November of 2021, falling 48-7. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bethel was down 35-0.
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