Football Preview: Millbury Woolies vs. Northbridge Rams
On Friday Millbury will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will take on the Northbridge Rams at 7:00 p.m. Millbury is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 33.4 points per game this season.
Millbury is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They secured a 42-36 W over Wahconah Regional. The Woolies pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Millbury's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Sergio Hernandez, who rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Matteus Mateo, who rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Millbury was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 297 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Northbridge never let their opponents score on Friday. They breezed by Oxford to the tune of 39-0. The game marked the Rams' most dominant win of the season.
Northbridge is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.0 points per game. As for Millbury, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Millbury came out on top in a nail-biter against Northbridge when the teams last played back in October, sneaking past 10-7. Will Millbury repeat their success, or does Northbridge have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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