The Fordson Tractors will venture away from home to challenge the Northville Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Fordson's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Belleville on Friday. They were dealt a 31-0 loss at the hands of the Tigers. The Tractors have struggled against the Tigers recently, as their game on Friday was their ninth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, Northville waltzed into their match on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Wildcats , sneaking past 27-25.
Northville can attribute much of their success to Cooper Derkach, who rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns. Northville is undefeated when Derkach posts two or more rushing touchdowns, but 2-3 otherwise.
Northville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 320 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
With the defeat, Fordson broke their five-game winning streak and moved their record to 5-3. As for Northville, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
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