North Central is 8-2 against Forest Park since September of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Jets will be playing at home against the Trojans at 6:00 p.m. North Central knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Forest Park likes a good challenge.
North Central's offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Gogebic [Johnston/Wakefield]'s usually-dominant defense. The Jets secured a 38-34 W over the Miners. The Jets haven't had any issues with the Miners recently, as the game was their fifth consecutive victory against them.
Ben Stage
| 10/17/25 @ Gogebic [Johnston/Wakefield] | 253 |
| 09/12/25 @ Stephenson | 200 |
| 08/28/25 @ Munising | 168 |
| 09/26/25 @ Wright | 158 |
| 10/03/25 vs Lake Linden-Hubbell | 117 |
Ben Stage was his usual excellent self, throwing for 253 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80.6% of his passes, and also rushing for 83 yards and a pair of scores. Those 253 passing yards gave him a new career-high. Pryar LaBonte was another key player, picking up 100 receiving yards and two TDs.
Meanwhile, Forest Park was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They were two points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 38-36 heartbreaker at the hands of Ontonagon. On the bright side, the 36- point performance marked the Trojans' highest-scoring game to date.
North Central's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Forest Park, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
North Central suffered a grim 34-12 defeat to Forest Park in their previous meeting back in November of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Trojans' Dax Huuki, who rushed for 247 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. Now that the Jets know 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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