Football Recap: Waynedale Drops Season-High Score on Northwestern

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Waynedale). They walked away with a 44-32 victory over the Northwestern Huskies on Friday. The Golden Bears haven't had any issues with the Huskies recently, as the game was their third consecutive win against them.

Waynedale found their leader in sophomore Maddox Kidd, who rushed for 139 yards and one score on only 13 carries, and also threw for 133 yards and one touchdown. Those 139 rushing yards set a new season-high mark for Kidd. Lane Troyer was Kidd's top target, picking up 62 receiving yards and a pair of TDs.

Golden Bears

Rushing Yards

10/17/25 @ Northwestern	259
10/10/25 @ Chippewa	200
10/03/25 vs Hillsdale	77
09/26/25 @ Norwayne	46
09/19/25 vs Smithville	49
+ 6 more games

Waynedale was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 259 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2024.

Waynedale didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Kidd and Troyer.

Waynedale's record now sits at 2-7. As for Northwestern, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-8.

We've got plenty of inter-conference action coming up soon. Waynedale will take on rival Dalton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Meanwhile, Northwestern is set to square off against their familiar foe Rittman at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.