The Bertha-Hewitt Bears will challenge Cromwell/Floodwood at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bertha-Hewitt's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They took their match on the road with ease, bagging a 55-0 victory over Carlton/Wrenshall. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bears.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Cromwell/Floodwood on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Hill City/Northland out of the water with a 60-8 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-0.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Cromwell/Floodwood was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 559 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.
Cromwell/Floodwood's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged three passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Lane Gervais. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards.
Bertha-Hewitt's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Cromwell/Floodwood, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 2-0.
Bertha-Hewitt took a serious blow against Cromwell/Floodwood in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 44-14. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Bertha-Hewitt was down 29-2.
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