Clover hasn't had much luck against Northwestern recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Clover Blue Eagles will face off against the Northwestern Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Monday, Clover humbled Fort Mill with a 33-3 victory. Given the Blue Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 38th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 130th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Northwestern put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Catawba Ridge on the road to the tune of 59-17. The Trojans pushed the score to 52-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Copperheads had no chance of recovering from.
Clover is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season. As for Northwestern, their victory was their ninth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-0.
Clover took a serious blow against Northwestern in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, falling 56-12. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Clover was down 28-6.
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