The Ansonia Chargers will venture away from home to take on the Valley Regional/Old Lyme Warriors at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Ansonia's defense has only allowed 10.9 points per game this season, so Valley Regional/Old Lyme's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Ansonia's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Wednesday's struggle, when Naugatuck offense got past them. Ansonia took a 33-28 hit to the loss column at the hands of Naugatuck. The Chargers' defeat signaled the end of their nine-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Valley Regional/Old Lyme came tearing into Tuesday's game with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18 points) and they left with even more momentum. They snuck past the Cougars with a 22-18 victory.
Valley Regional/Old Lyme is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Ansonia, their loss ended a nine-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 9-1.
Ansonia and Valley Regional/Old Lyme were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2014, but Ansonia came up empty-handed after a 21-20 defeat. Thankfully for Ansonia, Chris Jean-Pierre (who rushed for 126 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 108 yards and a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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