Football Preview: Fort Wayne Northrop Bruins vs. Carroll Chargers
Fort Wayne Northrop hasn't had much luck against Carroll recently, but that could start to change on Friday. After each having a week off, both will dust off their jerseys to take on one another at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with seven losses in a row, Fort Wayne Northrop finally turned things around against Fort Wayne South Side last Friday. They pulled ahead with a 20-19 photo finish over the Archers.
The critical scores for Fort Wayne Northrop came from Gabe Lewis, Jamari Brown, and Legend Relue.
Fort Wayne Northrop wouldn't let Fort Wayne South Side keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Fort Wayne Northrop can thank Lenny Underwood and Robert Rembert Iv for forcing both of them. Travayis Harris was another major factor on D, picking up two sacks and making ten total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Carroll waltzed into their matchup last Friday with six straight wins... but they left with seven. They strolled past the Legends with points to spare, taking the game 38-22. The Chargers pushed the score to 28-7 by the end of the third, a deficit the Legends cut but never quite recovered from.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jimmy Sullivan and Tristen Newsome. Sullivan had a great game and rushed for 68 yards and a touchdown. Meanwhile, Newsome did his best for the losing side, throwing for 217 yards and a touchdown while completing 75% of his passes, and also rushing for 34 yards and a touchdown.
Carroll didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dajaun Green and Coleman Tipton. Green also set a new season high mark in rushing yards with 133.
Carroll was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 285 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fort Wayne North Side only rushed for 147.
Fort Wayne Northrop's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 2-7. As for Carroll, they pushed their record up to 7-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Fort Wayne Northrop was dealt a bruising 52-0 defeat at the hands of Carroll in their previous matchup on October 11th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Sullivan, who threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns while completing 76% of his passes, and also rushed for 72 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Now that Fort Wayne Northrop 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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