Northglenn is 1-7 against Westminster since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Northglenn Norsemen have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Westminster Wolves at 6:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Northglenn's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed last Friday. They blew past Denver North 26-0.
Josiah'Ez Stevenson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 81 yards, while also catching a touchdown.
Northglenn's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged four passes before it was all said and done. It was truly a group effort as Oscar Ramirez, Eli Stevens, Emanuel Reheis Jr., and Reheis Jr. picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Westminster entered their tilt with Adams City on Friday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They really took it to the Eagles for the full four quarters, racking up a 63-0 victory at home. Considering the Wolves have won four contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Mason Kiewiet was his usual excellent self, throwing for 181 yards and four touchdowns while completing 84.6% of his passes, and also rushing for 60 yards and a touchdown. He is on a roll when it comes to passing touchdowns, as he's now passed for four or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Dasius Nevares, who rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown.
Northglenn's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Westminster, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home dating back to last season.
Northglenn couldn't quite finish off Westminster in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 and fell 31-28. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kiewiet, who rushed for 254 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.2 yards per carry, and also threw for 290 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 13.8 yards per attempt. Now that Northglenn knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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