Raiders take game ended with brawl

TORRINGTON — Torrington football won an emotional game against Wilby at the Robert H. Frost Sports Complex 3412 Friday night.

The Red Raiders (42) beat Wilby 460 last year, but a muchimproved Wildcat team (33) came to Torrington with its sights set on revenge in a battle marred by personal fouls on both sides and a brief gameending brawl with 2:13 left on the clock.

“It’s a very embarrassing way to end a game, but I’m proud of our guys. They kept plugging away,” said Torrington coach Gaitan Rodriguez.

The Raiders did just that on their first touchdown. Starting on the Wilby 41 after a Wildcat fumble late in the first quarter, Torrington marched to the Wilby 9 before Conrad Avallone scored the first of his two touchdowns on a run seconds into the second period.

Leading 70 in the third quarter, Jacob Coleman ripped off a 33yard scoring run to widen the margin.

On Wilby’s following series, Torrington sophomore Sean Clinkscales intercepted a pass by freshman quarterback Aaron James, running it back 45 yards for another Raider score.

James made up for it with an 8yard pass to DeShaun Wilson, who lateraled to Andres Urena for a Wildcat touchdown.

James started the fourth quarter with a 50yard scoring pass to Rackwon James, but the rest of the game belonged to the Raiders.

After Wilby bad snap and a Wildcat personal foul started Torrington on the Wilby 20yard line, Clinkscales had his second touchdown on a 20yard run.

The final straw for the emotions came with Avallone’s 9yard touchdown with 2:13 left in the game.