The Northeast Vikings will challenge the Southeast Seminoles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northeast took a loss when they played away from home back in September, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They strolled past Pinellas Park with points to spare, taking the game 28-10. The win was some much needed relief for the Vikings as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Keatin Emener had a dynamite game for Northeast, rushing for 12 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 137 yards and a touchdown. Northeast also got help from Mikale Washington, who showed off his sure hands for 113 receiving yards.
Meanwhile, Southeast didn't have too much trouble with DeSoto County on the road on October 4th as they won 24-8.
A big part of Southeast's victory came down to the chemistry between Louisen Desinor and his top target Ladavion Johnson. Desinor threw for 186 yards on 12 of 20 attempts while Johnson rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Southeast's defense and their seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Myreon Lowe and Dominik Tellado, who racked up 4.5 sacks between them. Southeast got some further help from Kahleb Crawford: he picked up 0.5 sacks and made 20 total tackles (1.5 for loss).
Northeast's win bumped their record up to 2-5. As for Southeast, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
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