The Lincoln North Star Navigators will face off against the Grand Island Islanders at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lincoln North Star has three straight wins, Grand Island has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Lincoln North Star is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their game on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 54-0 victory over Omaha Northwest. Considering the Navigators have won three contests by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, a win for Grand Island just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the squad wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They were outmatched by Westview on the road and fell 42-13.
Grand Island might have lost, but man, Nelsyn Wheeler was a machine: he rushed for 128 yards and a touchdown. With that strong performance, Wheeler is now averaging an impressive 102 rushing yards per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Ryker Booth, who rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Grand Island was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 217 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Lincoln North Star's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for Grand Island, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Lincoln North Star was taken down by Grand Island 38-0 when the teams last played back in September of 2019. Can Lincoln North Star avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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