Windham Varsity Football vs. Nashua North 09/17/21

First of the team’s four games that I’ve seen this year and this loss drops the team to 2-2. Far better than last year’s Covid shortened season though. This game against the State’s D1 defending champs was a lot closer than I thought it would be and Windham held a 10-0 lead going into the 4th quarter. Special teams played a huge role in both directions. Windham started the game with an onside kick recovery and had multiple interceptions/fumble recoveries. Unfortunately Windham also muffed a punt giving the ball back to Nashua at one point (though they prevented a score with an interception) and allowed a broken play prayer of a pass to go for the game winning touchdown. Tiger An showed as a beast of a runner for 104 yards—though the team seemed to go away from him in the second half to their detriment as it was clear that Nashua’s defense was completely gassed by the end of the first half. Moving a bit away from the punishing run game gave Nashua time to recover and some life, which they took advantage of on some big plays and costly penalties. A great showing by Windham against one of the State’s best and in front of what it likely to be the largest crowd they will see this year, one only wishes for what could have been.

Photography wise…I HATE night shooting. Just so much you can’t do. Now Windham’s field was pretty well lit in some areas but the endzones were virtually black…not good. But we work with what we have…