Brookline is 0-5 against Natick since October of 2018 but things could change on Saturday. The Brookline Warriors will look to defend their home field against the Natick Redhawks at 7:00 p.m.
Natick is facing Brookline at the wrong time: Brookline suffered their first home loss of the season on Thursday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a 33-25 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wolfpack. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Natick had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14 points) and they went ahead and made it three two weeks ago. They claimed a resounding 34-7 win over the Mountaineers on the road. The Redhawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 21 points or more this season.
Jack Showstead and Jesse Gagliardi were among the main playmakers for Natick as the former rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown on only six carries and the latter rushed for 48 yards. Those 102 rushing yards gave Showstead a new career-high.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Natick was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 316 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 224 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups.
Brookline's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Natick, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Brookline was dealt a bruising 55-0 defeat at the hands of Natick in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gagliardi, who rushed for 104 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. Now that Brookline knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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