Football Recap: Millard North Takes Down Ranked Columbus

Millard North faced Columbus in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Mustangs took down the Discoverers 21-7. The Mustangs pushed the score to 21-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Discoverers cut but never quite recovered from.

Isaiah Traylor continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 67 yards and a pair of scores.

Millard North's run defense was locked in: Columbus could only muster 3.2 yards per carry. The team can thank Austin Ruhter for the heroic effort on defense: he. Millard North's ground attack was stronger, having averaged five.

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Interceptions

Josiah Wardlow	1
Zane Reynolds	1
Kaden Craig	1

Millard North didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Josiah Wardlow, Zane Reynolds, and Kaden Craig picked up one apiece.

Millard North is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 4-5 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to yards per carry: they averaged an imposing 5.14 yards per carry in those games compared to only 0.48 in the others. As for Columbus, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-3.

The two teams are set to take part in some playoff action in their next matches. Millard North will challenge Omaha North on Friday. The Mustangs will need to watch out since the Vikings have now posted at least 31 points in their last five matchups. As for Columbus, they will square off against Kearney at 7:00 p.m. on the 31st.