Football Preview: Seneca Valley Screamin' Eagles vs. Northwest Jaguars
Seneca Valley hasn't had much luck against Northwest recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Seneca Valley Screamin' Eagles will take on the Northwest Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Seneca Valley is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Gaithersburg a 25-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but the Screamin' Eagles sure are getting used to it with their fourth in a row.
Meanwhile, Northwest won against Einstein last Thursday with 42 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Thursday. Northwest took their contest with ease, bagging a 42-15 win over Richard Montgomery. The Jaguars' offense checked out after the first half but had enough points banked to take the game anyway.
Among those leading the charge was Jayden Vongprachanh-Nelson, who threw for 119 yards and three touchdowns.
Northwest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 224 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.
Seneca Valley has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.7 points per game. As for Northwest, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-2.
Seneca Valley took a serious blow against Northwest in their previous meeting back in September, falling 27-0. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Vongprachanh-Nelson, who threw for 176 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Now that Seneca Valley 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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