North Haven won the toss and took over on their own 36 after Josh DiMassa's bouncing kickoff could not be fielded cleanly. Branford's D held North Haven to only 9 yards, and then Tommy DeLucia and Alex Borkowski stuffed North Haven's Eric Calafiore, who was attempting the rush on 4th down, and Branford took over on downs in Indians' territory. The Hornets worked their way down inside the Indian 30 before Justin Blood busted around the left end and scored the game's first touchdown on a 20+ yard run. North Haven's next drive saw the Indians work their way into Hornet territory, and just when the drive seemed to have ended when the Indians fumbled the ball, one of the North Haven players came out of the heap with it and ran it down inside Branford's 10. A couple of plays later, the Indians fumbled it away again and this time the Hornets recovered. But Branford couldn't move the ball and ultimately had to punt it away. Anthony Ponzio took the kick from Andy Klarman and ran it back for a 40+ yard TD. The extra point kick was blocked and the score was tied at 6.

Branford's next drive stalled deep in their own end, but when North Haven was flagged for roughing the punter, the Hornets got a reprieve. But after a quick first down, the Hornets were punting again. But it was a fake, and Andy Klarman took the snap and ran with it, but came up short when he was tackled hard by the Indians' Max Wielher. The Indians had less than 2 minutes left in the half, and tried to get some offense going, but shortly after Eric Calafiore took a direct snap and tried to zip zag through traffic, he was stripped of the ball by DJ Ryan. Tommy Delucia covered it up and then the Hornets ran out the half.

In the second half, neither team could mount any sort of drive and the ball traded ends several times before Sean Donahue broke a few tackles at the line and scampered 54 yards for a the go ahead score for the Indians in the fourth quarter. The extra point kick was again blocked, but North Haven led this game 12-6 with just under 3 minutes to play. Branford had one last opportunity to score, but as soon as they took a step forward, they'd take 2 back as penalties and sacks combined with ground gainers as the Hornets awkwardly worked their way into Indian territory in the waning moments of the game. A sack and two incomplete passes put and end to any sort of Hornet comeback and North Haven took a couple of knees to end this game.

Branford was afforded numerous opportunities to win this game as North Haven fumbled the ball 7 times, and Branford recovered 4 or 5 of them. The Hornets' Nick Linta also blocked a punt, but Branford's offense just could not convert...