The Africentric Early College Nubians will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Minster Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Africentric Early College is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against West Jefferson. Africentric Early College blew past West Jefferson 38-14 on Friday. The score was close at the half, but the Nubians pulled away in the second half with 22 points.
Josh Smith had an outrageously good game as he threw for 211 yards and three touchdowns while completing 78.9% of his passes, and also rushed for 67 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries. Caleb Anthony was Smith's top target, picking up 75 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Africentric Early College didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. It was truly a group effort as Will Carlisle, Anthony, and Ta'Lil Spikes picked up one apiece.
Meanwhile, Minster was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past Fort Loramie 49-21 on the road. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Redskins are ranked 288th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
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