The Lincoln Southwest Silver Hawks will venture away from home to challenge the Lincoln Northeast Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Lincoln Southwest will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Lincoln Southwest is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by South Sioux City at home to the tune of 41-6 on Thursday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Silver Hawks considering their ten-point performance the game before.
Noah Curtis was the offensive standout of the match as he rushed for 62 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Speaking of playmakers, who could forget Luke Mitchell, who went all the way with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 47-3, which was the final score in Lincoln Northeast's tilt against Omaha North on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska football rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Vikings are ranked 20th).
The victory snapped Lincoln Southwest's losing streak at six games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-4 record. As for Lincoln Northeast, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-2.
Everything came up roses for Lincoln Southwest against Lincoln Northeast in their previous matchup back in September of 2020, as the team secured a 48-7 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lincoln Southwest since the squad 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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