Football Preview: Fort Wayne North Side Legends vs. Concord Minutemen
After each having a week off, the Fort Wayne North Side Legends and the Concord Minutemen will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Friday, Fort Wayne North Side ended up a good deal behind Carroll and lost 38-22. The Legends have struggled against the Chargers recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Tristen Newsome and Jimmy Sullivan. Sullivan had a great game and rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Newsome did his best for the losing side, throwing for 217 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 34 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Concord put another one in the bag last Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Plymouth, posting a 42-14 victory. The Minutemen might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Concord's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Char'Rese Breveard, who rushed for 70 yards and a touchdown, and also picked up 40 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 70 rushing yards gave Breveard a new career-high. Another back making a difference was Jaron Thomas, who rushed for 78 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Fort Wayne North Side's defeat dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Concord, their victory was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 9-0.
Friday's match might be decided in the on the ground. Fort Wayne North Side has been excellent on the ground this season, having averaged 176.3 rushing yards per game. However, it's not like Concord struggles in that department as they've been averaging 208.1. It's looking like Friday's game might have some serious battles in the trenches.
Fort Wayne North Side came up short against Concord when the teams last played back in October of 2015, falling 28-19. Can Fort Wayne North Side avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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