Northbridge hasn't had much luck against Millbury recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Northbridge Rams will welcome the Millbury Woolies at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Northbridge is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They took their game with ease, bagging a 39-0 win over Oxford. Considering the Rams have won five matches by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Millbury didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Wahconah Regional on Friday, but they still walked away with a 42-36 victory. The Woolies pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Millbury to victory, but perhaps none more so than Sergio Hernandez, who rushed for 165 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.7 yards per carry. The team also got some help courtesy of Matteus Mateo, who rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries.
Millbury was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 297 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Northbridge has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.0 points per game. As for Millbury, the win made it two in a row for them and also bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Northbridge couldn't quite finish off Millbury in their previous matchup back in October and fell 10-7. Can Northbridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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