Southwood is 7-1 against Manchester since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Southwood Knights will venture away from home to challenge the Manchester Squires at 7:00 p.m. Southwood is no doubt hoping to put an end to a five-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Southwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell just short of Wabash by a score of 40-38 on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game two weeks ago (34), the Knights still had to take the loss.
Southwood's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Griffin Chambers, who threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns, and Coan Holloway, who picked up 70 receiving yards and a touchdown. Holloway torched the secondary when he pulled down a catch that went for 70 yards.
Meanwhile, Manchester hadn't done well against Northfield recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Manchester managed a 20-14 win over Northfield.
Manchester can attribute much of their success to Reiss Gaerte, who rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and Mason Rooney, who rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown.
Manchester wouldn't let Northfield keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force four fumbles. Resto D'Andrea led the group effort, picking up two of those forced fumbles all by himself.
Southwood's defeat dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Manchester, their record is now 2-3.
Southwood won a contest that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in September of 2023, slipping by Manchester 8-7. The rematch might be a little tougher for Southwood 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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