Thunderbirds rock the Falcons, 47-7

Avon’s Andrew Blackmore (24) scored on a 72-yard run in Friday night’s loss to North Branford.

NORTH BRANFORD, Oct. 17 – The North Branford High football team ran for over 233 yards and three touchdowns while two Thunderbird quarterbacks combined to throw three TD passes in a 47-7 win over Avon on Friday night. 

The Thunderbirds (5-1) had a 34-0 lead before the Falcons (4-2) could get on the scoreboard with a 72-yard run by Andrew Blackmore.

North Branford’s defense was solid. They had a season-high 98 tackles including six for a loss. The Thunderbirds forced two Avon turnovers (one fumble, one interception).

Teddy Allmendinger led Avon with 89 yards rushing on 16 carries. As a team, Avon completed just three of 17 passing attempts. It’s the most lopsided loss since 2005 when Northwest Catholic beat the Falcons, 55-6. The 47 points was the most allowed in a single game by Avon since that loss to NW Catholic. Avon had won its previous four games.

Avon returns to action on Friday night when they take on Coventry/Windham Tech/Bolton at 7 p.m. in Coventry.

North Branford 47, Avon 7
At Avon
Avon (4-2)                     0   0    0    7 – 7
North Branford (5-1)    14  7  13  13 – 47
First quarter
NB: Eddie Miller 17 run (Andrew Sarmento kick)
NB: Miller 9 run (Sarmento kick)
Second quarter
NB: Austin Calamita 69 pass from Miller (Sarmento kick)
Third quarter
NB: Shelby Franklin 39 pass from Paul Pastet (kick fails)
NB: Calamita 39 fumble recovery (Sarmento kick)
Fourth quarter
A: Andrew Blackmore 72 run (Alden Getz kick)
NB: Calamita 30 pass from Pastet (kick fails)
NB: Tyler Hawk 1 run (Rachel Sokoloff kick)
Individual statistics
RUSHING: North Branford – Shelby Franklin 5-46, Nick Sagnella 11-37, Tyler Hawk 4-35, Dylan Nowak 5-32, C. Iuteri 4-12, Calamita 1-3, Cory Seymour 1-1, Paul Pastet 3-1; Avon – Teddy Allmendinger 16-89, Andrew Blackmore 1-72, Ian McDonald 9-58, Sean Del Gallo 6-46, Luke Meaney 2-16, Dom DeBerardino 2-5
PASSING: North Branford – Eddie Miller 2-3-0, 87; Paul Pastet 3-5-0, 83; Avon – Sean Del Gallo 3-13-1, 18; Dom DeBerardino 0-3-0, Teddy Allmendinger 0-1-0
RECEIVING: North Branford – Franklin 1-39, Calamita 3-11, M. Chamberlain 1-18; Avon – Geoff Kirk 1-8, Jamie Dlugolecki 1-9, Jordan Williams 1-1
KICKOFFS: Jordan Williams (A) 7-110