Northern is 1-9 against Allegany since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Northern Huskies will venture away from home to face off against the Allegany Campers at 7:00 p.m. Northern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.1 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Northern and Mountain Ridge were almost perfectly matched up, but Northern suffered a 21-20 defeat.
Despite the loss, Northern had strong showings from Luke Ross, who rushed for 80 yards and a touchdown on only 11 carries, and Evan Graham, who rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Graham a new career-high in rushing yards.
Even though they lost, Northern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 235 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 191 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Northern didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Hunter Livengood and Landon Yoder.
Meanwhile, Allegany really took it to Keyser for the full four quarters, racking up a 49-14 victory on the road. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Campers had established a 21 point advantage.
Northern now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Allegany, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 3-4 record this season.
Northern took a serious blow against Allegany in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 57-21. Can Northern avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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