The Aurora Huskies will take on 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 took a hard 42-28 fall against Scotus. 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 match on Friday. They took a blow against Bennington, falling 44-7. 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? There's only one way to find out.
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