The Northridge Grizzlies will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Timnath Cubs at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Northridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Niwot to the tune of 58-14 last Thursday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Northridge can attribute much of their success to Jermaine Wilson Jr, who rushed for 152 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry, and Justin Thill, who threw for 223 yards and five touchdowns. Sage Olsen was Thill's top target, picking up 121 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Northridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off six passes before the game was over. Olsen led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself.
Meanwhile, Timnath never let their opponents score on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Greeley Central 38-0. The result was nothing new for the Cubs, who have now won three matchups by 38 points or more so far this season.
Timnath had a senior duo take command as Davis Payne gained 115 total yards and two touchdowns and Kyle Nelson rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance also gave Payne a new career-high in rushing yards (48).
Northridge's victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-6. As for Timnath, their record is now 4-5.
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