Football Preview: Homer Knights vs. Tri County Northeast Wolfpack
The Homer Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Tri County Northeast Wolfpack at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Homer is coming into the game on a five-game losing streak.
Homer's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Wisner-Pilger on Friday. They were beaten by the Gators 42-0. Having soared to a lofty 36 points in the game before, the Knights' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Tri County Northeast). They took their contest on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 48-13 win over Wakefield.
Tri County Northeast's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Bryan Isom led the charge by rushing for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only 11 carries, while also picking up 58 receiving yards and a touchdown. Those 110 rushing yards gave Isom a new career-high. Another rusher making a difference was Brayden Mccorkindale, who rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Tri County Northeast was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 344 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Tri County Northeast didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Thatcher Lamp and Ben Jorgensen. Jorgensen also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 97.
Homer's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Tri County Northeast, their victory bumped their record up to 2-4.
Homer was taken down by Tri County Northeast 47-7 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Jorgensen, who rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and also threw for 70 yards and three touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes. Now that Homer knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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