Manchester is on a four-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Southwood a five-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The Manchester Squires will host the Southwood Knights at 7:00 p.m. Manchester will be strutting in after a victory while Southwood will be coming in after a defeat.
On Friday, Manchester needed a bit of extra time to put away Northfield. They snuck past the Norsemen with a 20-14 win.
Manchester can attribute much of their success to Reiss Gaerte, who rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and Mason Rooney, who rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown.
Manchester wouldn't let Northfield keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Resto D'Andrea led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself.
Meanwhile, Southwood scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of Wabash by a score of 40-38. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (34), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Southwood's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Griffin Chambers, who threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns, and Coan Holloway, who picked up 70 receiving yards and a touchdown. Holloway torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 70 yards.
Manchester's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Southwood, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-5.
Manchester and Southwood were almost perfectly matched up when the teams last played back in September of 2023, but Manchester suffered an agonizing 8-7 loss. Will Manchester have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other football content.
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