Football Preview: Northwood Timberwolves vs. Aliso Niguel Wolverines
The Northwood Timberwolves will venture away from home to face off against the Aliso Niguel Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Northwood's defense has only allowed 6.5 points per game this season, so Aliso Niguel's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Northwood is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Laguna Beach just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 7-6 to the Breakers. The Timberwolves haven't had much luck with the Breakers recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 35 points the game before, Aliso Niguel was a bit more limited in their matchup on Friday. They took a 20-10 hit to the loss column at the hands of Dana Hills. The contest marked the Wolverines' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Despite the defeat, Aliso Niguel got top-tier performance from Carter Vestermark, who rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also threw for 203 yards while completing 78.6% of his passes. 96 of those passing yards were hauled in by Dane Malloy.
Aliso Niguel didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Max Blasing and Kaleo Elam.
Having lost for the first time this season, Northwood fell to 5-1. As for Aliso Niguel, their loss dropped their record down to 4-2.
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