Milford — Seth Cunningham rushed for 155 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Thames River Crusaders won their fourth straight with a 30-21 victory over Platt Tech in a Connecticut Technical Conference football game on Saturday at Foran High School.

The Crusaders (5-1, 5-1) held a slim 22-21 lead when they drove 65 yards late in the game for an insurance touchdown and two-point conversion that put the game out of reach. The final score came after the Thames River defense turned Platt Tech (1-4) over on downs when it was driving for a potential game-winning score.

Alexander Zair and Cole Occholini also had rushing touchdowns for the Crusaders while Cam Tompkins led the defense with two sacks and a forced fumble, Luis Aguilar had six tackles and Zair had four tackles and a fumble recovery.

"It was something special to watch these players not lose focus and play through until the end of the game," Thames River coach Darin Jones said. "Platt Tech gave us everything they had."

In other games:

• Valley Regional/Old Lyme dropped its fourth straight, but went down fighting to North Branford 35-28 in a Pequot Football Conference game.

"The kids played their hearts out,'' said Valley coach Tim King. "North Branford is good and they're going to get better because they are young.''

North Branford (4-2, 4-0) led 21-0 before Valley (2-4, 2-2) started to rally. Colbe Andrews had a 3-yard touchdown run and Jack Cox, who returned from a knee injury, threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to DiAngenlo Jean-Pierre. Brian Funk added two extra points to make it 21-14.

North Branford scored with 46 seconds left in the second quarter, but Andrews returned the kickoff 69 yards for a score and Funk's extra point made it 29-21 North Branford at the half. The third quarter was scoreless and, after a North Branford touchdown, Andrews caught a 26-yard TD pass from Cox to close out the scoring.

Cox completed 18 of his 38 passes for 296 yards and Andrews caught five passes for 123 yards.

• Woodstock Academy set a program record for wins in a season (five) by edging Stonington 14-7 in an Eastern Connecticut Conference Division II game. The Centaurs (5-1, 2-0) held the Bears (0-6, 0-3) to just 133 yards of total offense, losing a shutout when Josh Curtin scored from a yard out with 2:57 to play. Curtin had 77 yards on 16 carries for Stonington while Drew Champagne completed four passes for 43 yards.

• Bacon Academy rolled to a 45-0 victory over Ledyard in an ECC Division II game. Brayden Grim rushed for 46 yards and passes for 75 for the Colonels (1-5, 0-3), while Jaiden Bickham had three receptions for 45 yards, Caden Foote caught two passes for 23 yards and Walker Lenz added a 24-yard reception. Bacon is 4-2, 2-1.