Two dominant signal callers in CJ Couch and Finley Polk are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Catawba Ridge Copperheads will welcome the Northwestern Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Catawba Ridge sitting on four straight wins and Northwestern on five.
Catawba Ridge's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Fort Mill on the road to the tune of 30-0. The Copperheads might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 24 points or more this season.
Couch continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 381 yards and two touchdowns. 104 of those passing yards were hauled in by Braylen Burgis.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwestern). They blew past Nation Ford 67-13 at home on Friday. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 57-13.
Catawba Ridge pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Northwestern, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Catawba Ridge took a serious blow against Northwestern in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 52-10. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Polk, who threw for 303 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt. Now that Catawba Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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