Football Preview: Greenon Knights vs. Northeastern Jets
The Greenon Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Northeastern Jets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Greenon will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Last Friday, Greenon took a blow against Mechanicsburg, falling 40-12.
Meanwhile, Northeastern was able to grind out a solid victory over Catholic Central on Friday, taking the game 20-7. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Jets.
Northeastern's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Diezel Taylor, who rushed for 81 yards and a touchdown, and Jackson Jones, who rushed for 114 yards. With that strong performance, Jones is now averaging an impressive 104 rushing yards per game.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Northeastern's defense and their 5.5 sacks. Cody Houseman was especially locked on to Catholic Central's QB and sacked him 3.5 times. Houseman didn't just play on offense: he also picked up 3.5 sacks and made 13 total tackles (3.5 for loss).
Greenon's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Northeastern, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Greenon took a serious blow against Northeastern when the teams last played back in September of 2023, falling 42-6. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Greenon was down 28-0.
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