The Simsbury Trojans are on the road again on Friday to play the Berlin Redcoats at 6:30 p.m.
Simsbury is headed into the match having just suffered their biggest defeat since October 27, 2023 on Friday. They were outmatched by New Britain on the road and fell 42-7. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Connecticut football rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Golden Hurricanes are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Berlin came tearing into Saturday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.7 points) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Bobcats as they made off with a 35-14 victory. Considering the Redcoats have won four games by more than 20 points this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Berlin was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South Windsor only rushed for 47.
Berlin didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kayden Tirado and Carmine Rio.
Simsbury's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Berlin, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.
Simsbury suffered a grim 33-7 defeat to Berlin when the teams last played back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Simsbury was down 20-0.
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