Football Preview: North Royalton Bears vs. Hudson Explorers
On Friday North Royalton will have to hit the road after three straight games at home. They will challenge the Hudson Explorers at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Thursday, North Royalton earned a 21-14 victory over Twinsburg.
Meanwhile, Hudson won a contest that couldn't have been any closer, slipping by Nordonia 23-22. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Explorers.
Nathan Judy had a dynamite game for Hudson, rushing for 147 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 7.4 yards per carry, and also throwing for 100 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Judy a new career-high in rushing yards.
Hudson didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Brennan Funyak, Anthony Paolucci, and Kyler Boyle picked up one apiece.
North Royalton's win bumped their record up to 3-5. As for Hudson, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season.
North Royalton came up short against Hudson when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 14-9. Can North Royalton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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