More to Windham football’s victory than just offensive outburst

When a football team scores five touchdowns in the first half of a game, it's hard not to look at the offense as being the reason. But for the Windham High School football team, a lot of that success on offense Saturday came from a defense that was playing at midseason form. The Jaguars moved the

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More to Windham football’s victory than just offensive outburst
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When a football team scores five touchdowns in the first half of a game, it’s hard not to look at the offense as being the reason.

But for the Windham High School football team, a lot of that success on offense Saturday came from a defense that was playing at midseason form.

The Jaguars moved the ball almost whenever they wanted to – they faced just four third downs among the 35 offensive plays run in the first half – and they put up 35 points in the first 24 minutes of a 49-18 home win over Hollis Brookline.

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