The Killingly Redmen will square off against the Sheehan Titans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Killingly's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their matchup at home with ease, bagging a 49-0 win over East Lyme. Given the Redmen's advantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut football rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Vikings are ranked 95th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Killingly can attribute much of their success to Quinn Sumner, who threw for 160 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes. The dominant performance also gave Sumner a new career-high in rushing yards. Another player making a difference was Hayden Allard, who rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on only six carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Killingly was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 233 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 158 rushing yards in 13 consecutive contests dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Sheehan had just enough and edged Xavier out 31-28 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Titans.
Killingly's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Sheehan, their win bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
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