Football Preview: Northwest Mustangs vs. Slater Wildcats
Two dominant signal callers in Dane Palmer and Chase Hemeyer are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Northwest Mustangs will stay at home for another week and welcome the Slater Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Slater took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Northwest, who comes in off a win.
Northwest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: North Shelby, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Northwest was ranked 20th). Northwest walked away with a 52-42 win over North Shelby on Friday.
Meanwhile, a victory for Slater just wasn't in the cards on Friday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 60-12 to Norborne/Hardin-Central, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Northwest's win bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Slater, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
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