Football Recap: Northfield Nighthawks vs. Montbello Warriors
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northfield). They took their match on the road on Thursday with ease, bagging a 61-7 victory over the Montbello Warriors. With that win, the Nighthawks brought their scoring average up to 27.4 points per game.
Zavious Chineth continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 93 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, while also throwing for 16 yards and a touchdown. Joaquin Oliva was in the mix too, providing Northfield with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Northfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 357 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 188 rushing yards in six consecutive matchups.
One reason for the win was Northfield's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for six sacks. Leading the way was Alfred Anderson with two. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with seven. Another thorn in Montbello's side was Elian Oliva, who picked up 1.5 sacks and made seven total tackles.
Northfield is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 3-4 record this season. As for Montbello, they dropped their record down to 1-6 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight at home.
Northfield will face off against Denver North at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Northfield is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27.4 points per game this season. As for Montbello, they and George Washington are set to duel on Friday. George Washington will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more points each game than the last.
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