Middletown won its first game in six tries, beating New Britain 25-6 on Friday night at Veterans Stadium as senior receiver Chace Petgrave hauled in three touchdown passes from sophomore Colin Skene.
Skene threw for 203 yards on 15 of 22 passing, connecting with Petgrave eight times for 111 yards.
After a scoreless first quarter, Griffin Ladd kicked a 21-yard field goal in the first quarter to open the scoring, giving the Blue Dragons some badly needed momentum after a five-game losing streak that saw them outscored by an average of 27 points per game.
Petgrave caught touchdown passes of 27 and 54 yards to help Middletown take a 17-0 lead into halftime.
Skene threw a 3-yard scoring pass to Petgrave with 5:25 left in the third quarter to put the game away. New Britain scored its only touchdown 6 seconds into the fourth quarter on a 6-yard pass from Donovan Campbell to Anthony Calvelli.
Nathanial Tirado was Middletown’s leading rusher with 42 yards on 9 carries.
The Blue Dragons (1-5) travel to Manchester (0-6) next Friday night for a 6pm game.
Middletown……0 17 8 0–25
New Britain……0 0 0 6–6
M: Griffin Ladd 21-yard field goal
M: Chace Petgrave 27 pass from Colin Skene (Ladd kick)
M: Petgrave 54 pass from Skene (Ladd kick)
M: Petgrave 3 pass from Skene (pass failed)
NB: Anthony Calvelli 6 pass from Donovan Campbell (pass failed)
Elsewhere on Friday night:
North Branford 28, Haddam-Killingworth 27
Mason Provencher threw a 12-yard TD pass to Jack Meehan late in the fourth quarter to complete a second-half comeback by the Thunderbirds (2-4), who trailed 24-6 at half. Provencher accounted for two other North Branford scores with a 20-yard pass to Alec Johnson and a run of 2 yards.
Orion Inkel scored three touchdowns for the Cougars (1-4), two on passes from Alex Phipps and another on a 9-yard run. Kevin Cavrell kicked field goals of 35 and 25 yards for H-K.
“That was a disappointing result, obviously,” said H-K coach Tyler Wilcox. “We told the kids at halftime that North Branford wasn’t done and, hats off to them, they weren’t.”
“It was the little things that hurt us,” added Wilcox. “We just have to work harder and clean up our attention to detail.”
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The Cougars play again at home next Friday against Windsor Locks/Suffield/East Granby, while the Thunderbirds host SMSA on the same night.
North Branford………….6 0 8 14–28
Haddam-Killingworth…14 10 0 3–27
HK: Orion Inkel 15 pass from Alex Phipps (Kevin Cavrell kick)
HK: Inkel 5 pass from Phipps (Cavrell kick)
NB: Jace Kamienski 3 run (pass failed)
HK: Cavrell 35-yard field goal
HK: Inkel 9 run (Cavrell kick)
NB: Provencher 2 run (Thomas Hansen run)
HK: Cavrell 25-yard field goal
NB: Alec Johnson 20 pass from Provencher (Jack Meehan pass from Provencher)
NB: Jack Meehan 12 pass from Provencher (run failed)