Football Preview: Russell County Warriors vs. Northridge Jaguars
The Russell County Warriors will host the Northridge Jaguars at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Russell County earned a 35-23 win over Beauregard. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Devin Brown and Kajaden Holloway. Brown had a solid game and gained 103 total yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Holloway was balling out in the loss, picking up 24 receiving yards and two touchdowns, while also rushing for 77 yards.
Meanwhile, Northridge waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They breezed by the Tigers to the tune of 45-13.
Northridge had a senior duo take command as Rowdy Christensen threw for 247 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes and Colin Kapilovic gained 71 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Kapilovic a new career-high in rushing yards (nine).
Northridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Grayson Cannon.
Russell County's victory bumped their record up to 8-2. As for Northridge, their win bumped their record up to 7-3.
The upcoming match will be a clash of competing strengths. Russell County has relied on air attacks this season and has averaged 266.8 passing yards per game. Northridge, on the other hand, has relied on a stout run game: they average 177.2 rushing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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