Two dominant signal callers in Robert Kerns and Ennio Yapoor are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Archbishop McCarthy Mavericks will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Norland Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Archbishop McCarthy is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Plantation a 7-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Norland had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They breezed by the Thoroughbreds to the tune of 39-7. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida football rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Thoroughbreds are ranked 131st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Norland has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 9.7 points per game. As for Archbishop McCarthy, their victory bumped their record up to 7-4.
Archbishop McCarthy was dealt a bruising 49-16 loss at the hands of Norland in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Yapoor, who threw for 358 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.8 yards per attempt. Now that Archbishop McCarthy knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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