Fairfield Prep Football Runs Out of Time Against Shelton

The Fairfield Prep football team staged a furious fourth-quarter comeback attempt, but ultimately ran out of time in a 38-35 loss to Shelton Friday night at Tetreau-Davis Field at Fairfield Warde.

The Jesuits, who fell to 3-2 with the loss, scored twice (both on touchdown runs by Colton Smith) late in the fourth quarter but the Gaels ran out the clock to improve to 5-0.

“We executed an onside kick that was brilliant (in the fourth quarter), came down and got a quick score, and gave ourselves a shot,” Fairfield Prep coach Tom Shea told Mike Pucci of the New Haven Register/GameTimeCT. “But (it was) the mistakes early in the game (that cost them).”

Fairfield Prep looks to bounce back against Daniel Hand Friday night. Hand has lost two straight games (28-19 to North Haven and 17-13 to Cheshire) and is 2-3.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. at Fairfield Ludlowe.

Read more about Prep’s loss to Shelton at GameTimeCT here.

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