Southeast hasn't had much luck against Northwest recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Southeast Golden Buffalo and the Northwest Grizzlies will meet in a classic North v. South matchup at 7:00 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.
Southeast's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by North to the tune of 42-0. The Golden Buffalo's offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Meanwhile, Northwest faced Eisenhower in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Northwest narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Eisenhower 31-28. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Grizzlies.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jaylen Mason and Derek Morgan. Mason had a great game and threw for 188 yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Morgan was balling out in the loss, rushing for 71 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries, while also throwing for 311 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.0 yards per attempt.
Northwest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Eisenhower only rushed for 99.
Southeast's victory ended a six-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 2-6. As for Northwest, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Southeast took a serious blow against Northwest in their previous meeting back in October of 2022, falling 62-0. Can Southeast avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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