The Wolcott Eagles will head out on the road to square off against the Watertown Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Wolcott is no doubt hoping to put an end to a seven-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Wolcott is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic on Thursday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Wolcott took a blow against Gilbert/Northwestern/Housatonic, falling 49-14.
Meanwhile, Watertown had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Thursday. They came out on top against the Crusaders by a score of 28-21.
Wolcott's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Watertown, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
Wolcott suffered a grim 21-0 defeat to Watertown in their previous meeting back in November of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Watertown's Brady Gambee, who rushed for 93 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and also threw for 56 yards and a touchdown while completing 87.5% of his passes. Now that Wolcott 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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