{"id":19129,"date":"2024-08-31T06:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T10:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=19129"},"modified":"2024-09-01T07:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T11:33:22","slug":"patriots-survive-lengthy-delay-shut-out-fairfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/31\/patriots-survive-lengthy-delay-shut-out-fairfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots survive lengthy delay, shut out Fairfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Heritage Patriots moved to 2-0 on the season with a 21-0 victory at Fairfield Friday night in a game that was delayed due to weather and finished close to midnight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defensively, the team shut down Fairfield&#8217;s passing game, allowing just one completion for nine yards. The Falcons did gain 146 yards on the ground, but it came at an average of just 3.9 yards\/carry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach Jeremy Hullinger&#8217;s team had a nearly 50-50 split between yards in the air and on the ground, with Eli Tigulis throwing a TD to Zeke Litchfield and finishing the night with 174 passing yards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TwoBrothersBarandRestaurant\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-brothers.jpg?resize=480%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-brothers.jpg?w=480&amp;ssl=1 480w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-brothers.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/2-brothers.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tigulis added a short touchdown run of his own and Nasir Martin scored the final touchdown in the fourth quarter to seal the win from eight yards out. Litchfield scored on a two-point conversion to make up for a missed PAT in the first half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heritage won the battle on the offensive line, protecting Eli Tigulis and not allowing a sack. The QB was 17 of 22 and hit five different receivers for multiple completions each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apiland.net\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/API_Small.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18308\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Braden Walter caught three passes for 45 yards, while Litchfield had the TD on three catches for 41 yards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lantae Cassel&#8217;s role on the offense continues to grow &#8211; he had five catches from the accurate Tigulis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Patriots will play at Woodlan next week to start their ACAC slate. Heritage fans can hear that game on WZBD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scoring Summary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quarter 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7-0 Zeke Litchfield, 24-yd catch from Eli Tigulis, Rauner PAT good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quarter 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13-0 Eli Tigulis, 1-yd run, Rauner PAT no good<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quarter 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>21-0 Nasir Martin, 8-yd run, Litchfield 2-pt attempt good<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Heritage Patriots moved to 2-0 on the season with a 21-0 victory at Fairfield Friday night in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19130,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[54,51,26],"class_list":["post-19129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-football","tag-heritage","tag-sports"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_1778-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}