Ridgefield hasn't had much luck against St. Joseph recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Ridgefield Tigers will square off against the St. Joseph Cadets at 1:30 p.m. Ridgefield will be strutting in after a win while St. Joseph will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with three defeats in a row, Ridgefield finally turned things around against Norwalk on Friday. They walked away with a 23-14 victory over the Bears.
The critical scores for Ridgefield came from Leo Moore, Grady Mcgarry, and Matt Tasch.
Ridgefield wouldn't let Norwalk keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Ridgefield can thank Joe Hong and Michael Salimbene for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, St. Joseph faced Darien in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. St. Joseph took a hard 14-0 fall against Darien. The Cadets were red-hot offensively headed into the game (they scored no less than 31 points in the three matchups prior) but the Blue Wave's defense proved too tough.
Ridgefield's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for St. Joseph, their loss was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
Ridgefield suffered a grim 30-7 defeat to St. Joseph in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of St. Joseph's Tristan Spain, who rushed for 151 yards and a touchdown. Now that Ridgefield knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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