Football Preview: Northville Mustangs vs. Howell Highlanders
The Northville Mustangs will take on the Howell Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Northville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Canton 54-0 on the road on Friday. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Cobras are ranked 204th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cooper Derkach was nothing short of spectacular: he threw for 261 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushed for 84 yards and a touchdown. He showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 52 yards. Another player making a difference was Colin Charles, who picked up 95 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Northville wouldn't let Canton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Northville can thank Tristen Salvas and Hussein Faraj for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Howell put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They really took it to Plymouth for the full four quarters, racking up a 48-17 victory at home. The result was nothing new for the Highlanders, who have now won three contests by 21 points or more so far this season.
The win got Northville back to even at 2-2. As for Howell, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Northville took their win against Howell when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 32-12. Does Northville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Howell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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