The Northwest Texans will venture away from home to face off against the Keller Central Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Northwest has five straight wins, Keller Central has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Northwest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Bell at home to the tune of 42-7 on Thursday. Given the Texans' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas football rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Blue Raiders are ranked 413th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Ryder Norton, who rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns while completing 72.2% of his passes. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 61 yards. Nathanial Jean was another key player, rushing for 100 yards and two touchdowns.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Northwest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 232 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 187 rushing yards in five consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, Keller Central was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap last Friday as they fell 14-8 to Keller. The matchup marked the Chargers' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Northwest pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Keller Central, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Northwest strolled past Keller Central when the teams last played back in October of 2015 by a score of 34-18. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northwest since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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