Football Preview: Northridge Jaguars vs. Russell County Warriors
The Northridge Jaguars will challenge the Russell County Warriors at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Russell County is hoping to do what Minor couldn't on Friday: put an end to Northridge's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Northridge blew past Minor, posting a 45-13 win.
Rowdy Christensen and Colin Kapilovic were among the main playmakers for Northridge as the former threw for 247 yards and four touchdowns while completing 76.5% of his passes and the latter gained 71 total yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance also gave Kapilovic a new career-high in rushing yards (nine).
Northridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Grayson Cannon.
Meanwhile, Russell County beat Beauregard 35-23 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Warriors.
A big part of Russell County's victory came down to the chemistry between Bryson Riggins and his top target Denver Harper. Riggins threw for 353 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt while Harper picked up 189 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Harper was no stranger to the big play, connecting on a big catch that went for 55 yards. A healthy portion of Riggins' aerial production (84 yards to be exact) also went to Quentin Lewis.
Northridge's win bumped their record up to 7-3. As for Russell County, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
The upcoming matchup will be a clash of competing strengths. Northridge has deployed a run-first offense that has averaged 177.2 rushing yards a game. Meanwhile, Russell County has preferred to attack from the air: they average 266.8 passing yards per game. So which strategy will prevail on Friday? There's only one way to find out.
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