Football Preview: Omaha Northwest Huskies vs. Bellevue East Chieftains
The Omaha Northwest Huskies will challenge the Bellevue East Chieftains at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Omaha Northwest is no doubt hoping to put an end to a six-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Having struggled with 12 losses in a row dating back to last season, Omaha Northwest finally turned things around against Benson on Friday. They blew past the Bunnies 30-6. The Huskies pushed the score to 23-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bunnies had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Bellevue East was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They took a blow against Papillion-LaVista, falling 56-0. While losing is never fun, the Chieftains can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 108th, while the Monarchs are ranked tenth).
Omaha Northwest's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 1-3. As for Bellevue East, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Omaha Northwest was taken down by Bellevue East 56-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Thankfully for Omaha Northwest, Andrew Lucas (who rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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