The Northville Mustangs will face off against the Howell Highlanders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Northville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They really took it to Canton for the full four quarters, racking up a 54-0 win on the road. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Cobras are ranked 204th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cooper Derkach went supernova for Northville, throwing for 261 yards and five touchdowns while completing 73.3% of his passes, and also rushing for 84 yards and a touchdown. Derkach showed off some serious burst, cutting through the defense on one rush that went for 52 yards. Colin Charles was another key player, picking up 95 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Northville wouldn't let Canton keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Northville can thank Tristen Salvas and Hussein Faraj for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Howell put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They claimed a resounding 48-17 victory over Plymouth at home. The result was nothing new for the Highlanders, who have now won three games by 21 points or more so far this season.
The win got Northville back to even at 2-2. As for Howell, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Everything went Northville's way against Howell in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as Northville made off with a 32-12 win. Does Northville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Howell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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