Northwood has been on the road for three straight, but on Wednesday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Rosary Academy Royals at 3:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
If Northwood beats Rosary Academy with 32 points on Wednesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Northwood walked away with a 32-19 win over Sage Hill on Monday. Given the Timberwolves' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Lightning are ranked 321st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Rosary Academy entered their tilt with Irvine on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They took their game at home with ease, bagging a 35-6 victory over the Vaqueros. The Royals might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won ten matchups by 21 points or more this season.
Bella Contreras continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 318 yards and four touchdowns. The team also got some help courtesy of Hannah Kelly, who picked up 60 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Rosary Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Sophie Lickl, Leanna Gimenez, and Hayden Huerta picked up one apiece. Gimenez is also on a roll when it comes to defended passes, as she's now defended at least one in the last four games she's played.
Northwood's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 13-6. As for Rosary Academy, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season.
Northwood suffered a grim 41-19 defeat to Rosary Academy in their previous matchup back in September. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Contreras, who threw for 388 yards and five touchdowns while completing 71.1% of her passes. Now that Northwood knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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