No. 4 WINDSOR at No. 1 HAND

⏩ WHERE: Strong Field at The Surf Club, Madison, 3 p.m.

⏩ TICKETS: Adults $10, Students/Senior Citizens $5 ⏩ RECORDS: Windsor 9-2, Hand 11-0

⏩ SEMIFINAL HISTORY: Windsor (4-4): Lost to Hand 31-6 in 2017 Class L; Hand (8-1): Def. Windsor 31-6 in 2017 Class L.

⏩ PLAYERS TO WATCH: Windsor: Sr. OL/DL Dohnje Cassanova (6-0, 220); Sr. WR/DB Gabriel Bryan; Soph. QB Courtenay Jackson; Jr. LB Kobe Foster, Sr. RB Chante Adger. Hand: Jr. QB Phoenix Billings; Sr. OL/DL Jack Flanagan (6-2, 235); Sr. WR/DB Ian Butler; Jr. OL/ DL Ben Corniello (6-2, 235); Sr. OL/DL Macken McDonald (6-2, 265); Sr. S Julian Banerji.

⏩ STORYLINES: It’s a rematch of last year’s Class L semifinal: same scenario, same time, same place: overwhelmingly won by Hand, 31-6, at the Surf Club. That was arguably a lesser Hand team than this one and, by most accounts, a better Windsor team than this one. Hand, led by a majority of last year’s team that went on to hammer Masuk in the Class L championship game, has been utterly untouchable this season. They’ve outscored opponents 50-8, while averaging twenty-four (24) points in the second quarter alone. The end comes quick for Hand opponents as well as its own starters, who hit the bench by halftime with a full-game’s statistics under their belts. The Tigers, led by junior QB Phoenix Billings and junior back Colin McCabe (yes, they’re mostly all juniors), averages 365 yards a game. Its defense, led by its talented front line, averages 3 1⁄2 sacks and 11 tackles for a loss per game and has 21 takeaways. In short, it’s a machine. Windsor, on the other hand, has had overcome all kinds of obstacles: injuries, personnel changes, losses, and so on. Yet somehow, coach Rob Fleeting has guided this group to yet another semifinal. Sophomore Courtenay Jackson, who has taken over at quarterback, threw for 218 yards and two scores in the quarterfinal win over North Haven. Chante Adger piled up 130 yards and a score in the victory over North Haven. Gabriel Bryan is a gamebreaker at receiver. The Windsor defense, solid all year, has allowed 33 points in the four games since its last loss, 21-20 to Wethersfield. It’s going to need an otherworldly effort to stop this freight train.