The Aurora Huskies will square off against the Northwest Vikings on Friday. Aurora will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Aurora is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Scotus on Friday. Aurora lost to Scotus on the road by a 42-28 margin. The Huskies were down 35-14 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 52 points the game before, Northwest was a bit more limited in their contest on Friday. They had to suffer through a 44-7 loss at the hands of Bennington. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Badgers are ranked sixth).
Aurora's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Northwest, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Everything went Aurora's way against Northwest in their previous matchup back in August of 2023, as Aurora made off with a 50-30 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Northwest's Camden Jensen, who threw for 175 yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown. Now that he won't be playing on Friday, will it be easier for Aurora to walk away with another win? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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