The Simsbury Trojans will face off against the Glastonbury Guardians at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Simsbury has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with four straight defeats, while Glastonbury will come in with three straight wins.
Last Friday, Simsbury came up short against South Windsor and fell 32-24.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Glastonbury). They took down Enfield 51-32 on Friday.
Dante Casdia and Connor Finnerty were among the main playmakers for Glastonbury as the former gained 109 total yards and four touchdowns and the latter threw for 320 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.6% of his passes. Rocco Meigs was another key player, picking up 81 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Glastonbury pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 45.0 points per game. As for Simsbury, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
Things could have been worse for Simsbury, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 21-7 loss to Glastonbury in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Casdia, who rushed for 168 yards and two touchdowns. Now that Simsbury 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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