Football Preview: Fort Wayne North Side Legends vs. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights
The Fort Wayne North Side Legends will head out on the road to square off against the Fort Wayne Bishop Luers Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Fort Wayne North Side beat Fort Wayne Northrop 29-22. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Legends.
Tristen Newsome was his usual excellent self, rushing for 155 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.0 yards per carry, and also throwing for 200 yards and three touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes. Maalik Moore was Newsome's top target, picking up 116 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They really took it to the Cadets for the full four quarters, racking up a 38-0 win on the road. The Knights pushed the score to 31-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cadets had no chance of recovering from.
It was another big night for Daryea Williams, who rushed for 233 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.1 yards per carry. He showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 65 yards.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran only rushed for 32.
Fort Wayne Bishop Luers' defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Dereon Carswell, Jarnard Moore, and Moore picked up one apiece.
Fort Wayne North Side now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, their record now sits at 4-1.
Fort Wayne North Side couldn't quite finish off Fort Wayne Bishop Luers when the teams last played back in September of 2023 and fell 30-28. Can Fort Wayne North Side avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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