Middletown is 6-0 against Bristol Eastern since September of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Middletown Blue Dragons will be playing at home against the Bristol Eastern Lancers at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Middletown is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Wethersfield on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Middletown came up short against Wethersfield, falling 28-7. Having soared to a lofty 35 points in the game before, the Blue Dragons couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Bristol Eastern entered their match against Edwin O. Smith on Saturday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Bristol Eastern and Edwin O. Smith were almost perfectly matched up, but Bristol Eastern suffered a 21-20 defeat. The Lancers gained 137 more yards on the day, but it was the Panthers that made the best use of them.
Bristol Eastern might have lost, but man, Lincoln Bashaw was a machine: he rushed for 198 yards. With that strong performance, Bashaw is now averaging an impressive 101.4 rushing yards per game.
Even though they lost, Bristol Eastern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 269 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Bristol Eastern is on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-4. As for Middletown, they now also have a losing record at 3-4.
Everything came up roses for Middletown against Bristol Eastern when the teams last played back in September of 2019, as the team secured a 35-7 victory. In that matchup, Middletown amassed a halftime lead of 21-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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