Football Recap: Mickell Wilson Leads Northwood's Defense on Friday + How To Watch

After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Eastern Randolph, Northwood was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They put the hurt on the Jordan-Matthews Jets with a sharp 33-12 victory. The Chargers haven't had any issues with the Jets recently, as the game was their ninth consecutive win against them.

Grayson Cox

Passing Yards

10/10/25 vs Jordan-Matthews	117
09/19/25 @ North Surry	28
09/12/25 @ Seaforth	89
09/05/25 vs Bartlett Yancey	81
08/28/25 vs Asheboro	64
+ 3 more games

Grayson Cox was a one-man wrecking crew as he rushed for 67 yards and a pair of scores, and also threw for 117 yards and two touchdowns. That's the most passing yards he has posted since back in October of 2024.

Wins are hard to come by when you can't run the rock, something Northwood proved: they limited Jordan-Matthews to a paltry -2 yards per carry. The team can thank Mickell Wilson for the heroic effort on defense: he. Northwood's ground attack was stronger, having averaged 4.6.

Northwood's defense also made the game a nightmare for the opposing QB, racking up 14 sacks. Wilson led the group effort, picking up five of those sacks all by himself. Ben Porter also made five total tackles, which is notable because Northwood is 2-1 when he posts at least three total tackles, but 0-4 otherwise. The Chargers got some further help from Aidan Hohenwarter: he picked up a sack and made five total tackles (4.5 for loss).

Northwood's victory bumped their record up to 2-5. As for Jordan-Matthews, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 5-3.

Northwood wasted no time getting back out on the field and has already played their next matchup, a 27-6 win against North Moore on the 17th. As for Jordan-Matthews, they have also already played their next contest, a 48-18 defeat against Southwestern Randolph on the 17th.