Nation Ford is 2-7 against Northwestern since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Nation Ford Falcons will square off against the Northwestern Trojans at 7:30 p.m. Nation Ford will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each contest than the last.
Nation Ford is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They fell 58-49 to Richland Northeast on Thursday.
Nation Ford might have lost, but man, Patience Andrews was a machine: he rushed for 107 yards and three touchdowns. Another player making a difference was Josh Ameo, who picked up 154 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Northwestern faced South Pointe in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Northwestern enjoyed a cozy 28-14 victory over South Pointe. The Trojans' win was nothing new given the team hasn't lost yet this season.
Finley Polk and Zymier Gordon-Miles were among the main playmakers for Northwestern as the former threw for 161 yards and two touchdowns while completing 71.4% of his passes and the latter rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Polk has posted since back in October of 2023.
Another reason for the win was Northwestern's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. South Pointe's QB won't forget Kyle Robinson anytime soon given he sacked him twice. Robinson also set a new season high mark in total tackles with ten.
Nation Ford's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Northwestern, their victory was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-0.
Nation Ford was taken down by Northwestern 62-0 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Polk, who threw for 217 yards and four touchdowns while completing 77.8% of his passes, and also rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown. Now that Nation Ford knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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