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Ridgefield Football Defeats Fairfield Warde, 37-20
Sam Gravitte scores three touchdowns for Tigers, who improve to 4-1 after fourth straight victory
Ridgefield's offense remained in high gear Friday.
Sam Gravitte scored three touchdowns as the Tigers defeated Fairfield Warde 37-20 at Tiger Hollow.
Ridgefield has won four straight since a season-opening 16-3 loss at Greenwich and improved to 4-1. The Tigers have scored at least 34 points in every game during the winning streak.
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Gravitte did a little bit of everything for the Tigers, scoring on a 51-yard run, returning a kickoff 85 yards for a score and hauling in a 4-yard TD reception from quarterback Connor Rowe.
The kickoff return turned out to be back-breaker for Warde (2-3), which had sliced a 14-0 first-quarter deficit to 24-20 on Devon Lofton's 4-yard TD run.
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But Gravitte killed the Mustangs' momentum by taking the ensuing kickoff the distance to make it 31-20. His TD reception capped the scoring.
John Turner's 48-yard TD run and Gravitte's 51-yard scamper staked the Tigers to their early lead.
Warde pulled even in a wild first quarter on Lofton's 50-yard burst and Joe Marx's 2-yard score.
Ridgefield then went up 24-14 on Rowe's 38-yard TD strike to Jack Helller and Griffin Jones' 28-yard field goal.
