Football Preview: Centerburg Trojans vs. Northmor Golden Knights
Centerburg and Northmor are an even 5-5 against one another since September of 2014, but not for long. The Centerburg Trojans will head out to take on the Northmor Golden Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Centerburg is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They blew past Eastern 34-12. The win was familiar territory for the Trojans who have now won three matches in a row.
Meanwhile, while Northmor put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for Caldwell. Northmor breezed by Caldwell to the tune of 42-0. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Golden Knights just coasted through the last quarter.
Northmor's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from AJ Bower, who threw for 184 yards and three touchdowns while completing 91.7% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Bower a new career-high in rushing yards (15). Another rusher making a difference was Cowin Becker, who rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns.
Centerburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 11.1 points per game. As for Northmor, their victory was their 13th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 11-0.
Centerburg came up short against Northmor in their previous meeting back in September, falling 34-26. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Becker, who rushed for 186 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.5 yards per carry, and also picked up 145 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that Centerburg 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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