Football Preview: North East Indians vs. Aberdeen Eagles
The North East Indians will square off against the Aberdeen Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North East is looking for their season's first win.
North East is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 35-26 to Patterson Mill on Thursday.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Aberdeen's strategy against Rising Sun on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Aberdeen blew Rising Sun out of the water with a 47-6 final score. The Eagles pushed the score to 40-6 by the end of the third, a deficit the Tigers had no chance of recovering from.
Aberdeen can attribute much of their success to Cameron Allen-Jones, who rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries, and Collin Rogers, who threw for 171 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. Allen-Jones didn't just play on offense: he also picked up a sack, forced a fumble, and made 11 total tackles in addition to snagging an interception. Cameron Williams was in the mix as well, providing Aberdeen with a touchdown.
Aberdeen wouldn't let Rising Sun keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Aberdeen can thank Tristyn Slogosky and Allen-Jones for forcing both of them. Another thorn in Rising Sun's side was Aaron Dixon, who picked up two sacks and made ten total tackles.
North East's defeat dropped their record down to 0-7. As for Aberdeen, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-5.
North East barely slipped by Aberdeen when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 29-28. The rematch might be a little tougher for North East since the squad won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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