Branford — The Branford Buccaneers (2-8, 0-3) finished off the season with a loss to the Bell Bulldogs (3-7, 1-3), 44-8.

“I was disappointed with our defensive effort. We didn’t do a very good job of stopping Bell,” head coach Jason Bond said. “By the same token, we were really injured. We have a lot of guys that are out because of injuries. So that contributed to the loss.”

Cole Lamb rushed for 239 yards last Thursday which put him over a thousand yards rushing for the season, Bond said that he “was a bright spot for us.”

“That’s kind of a team goal more than an individual goal to have a thousand yard rusher. We were pleased with that,” he said.

Bell quarterback Bruce Thomas through a five yard touchdown pass to James Oslager. The extra point kick was no good, bringing the score to 6-0. Jeremy Zimmerman had two touchdown carries with the two extra point kicks by Oslager being good, brought the score to 20-0. Bell’s Austin Richey had a touchdown at 3:46 in the second quarter, the extra point kick by Oslager was no good, increasing Bell’s lead to 26-0.

With 19 seconds left in the second quarter, CJ Bradow made the 12 yard reception from quarterback Robert Morris for Branford’s lone touchdown. Kenny Johnson ran in the two point conversion. Bringing the score 26-8 at the end of the first half.

Bell dominated the second half with Thomas, Zimmerman and Mkuu scoring touchdowns. Oslager had difficulty with the extra point kicks in the second being zero for three. The final score was 44-8, Bell.

Branford Stats

Morris connected five of 16 passes for 39 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Bradow had three catches for 30 yards and had one touchdown

Travis Bass had one catch for 6 yard gain.

Sean Santos had one catch for 3 yards.

Lamb had 31 carries for 239 yards rushing.

Kenny Johnson had 10 carries for 78 yards rushing.

Robert Morris had seven carries for 24 yards

Branford had a total of 341 rushing yards and 39 reception yards with a total of 370  yards. The Bucs had 18 first downs. They had five penalties for a loss of 45 yards.

Bell Stats

Passing:

Thomas was three for five in passing for 95 yards with 2 touchdowns

Olslager had three catches for 95 yards and two touchdowns. He also had two carries for 25 yards.  

Zimmerman had 19 carries for 162 yards and three touchdowns.

Richey had 14 carries with 129 yards and one touchdown.

Mkuu had two carries for 47 yards and one touchdown.

The Bell Bulldogs had 21 First Downs. They had four penalties for a loss of 30 yards.