The Norwood Mustangs are on the road again on Friday to play the Marblehead Magicians at 7:00 p.m.
Norwood is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 42 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Holliston on Saturday. They fell to the Panthers 13-7. The Mustangs' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Marblehead came tearing into Friday's match with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30 points) and they left with even more momentum. They took their game with ease, bagging a 34-7 victory over the Falcons. Given the Magicians' advantage in MaxPreps' Massachusetts football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Falcons are ranked 121st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Norwood's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Marblehead, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Norwood lost to Marblehead on the road by a decisive 21-7 margin in their previous meeting back in November of 2021. Can Norwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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