Two dominant backs in Isaiah Traylor and Jaron Cannon are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Millard North Mustangs will square off against the Omaha North Vikings on Friday. Millard North will be strutting in after a victory while Omaha North will be coming in after a loss.
Millard North is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nebraska's top teams: Columbus, who was ranked 22nd at the time (Millard North was ranked 20th). The Mustangs strolled past the Discoverers with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 21-7. The Mustangs pushed the score to 21-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Discoverers cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Omaha North unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Thursday. They and Lincoln Southwest were almost perfectly matched up, but the Vikings suffered a 33-32 defeat.
Even if they lost, Omaha North's defensive line still kept up the pressure with five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Marquise McIntyre-Dailey and Dante Jimmerson, who racked up four sacks between them. McIntyre-Dailey also set a new season-high mark in total tackles with 11.
Millard North has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 4-5 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.2 points over those games. As for Omaha North, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 6-3.
Millard North suffered a grim 37-14 defeat to Omaha North when the teams last played back in August of 2017. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point the Mustangs were down 37-7.
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