West Liberty-Salem has gone 7-2 against Northeastern recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The West Liberty-Salem Tigers will square off against the Northeastern Jets at 7:00 p.m. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, West Liberty-Salem was fully in charge, breezing past Madison Plains 33-6 at home. The Tigers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matchups by 27 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Northeastern had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.7 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They really took it to the Indians for the full four quarters, racking up a 44-8 win on the road. The Jets pushed the score to 34-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians had no chance of recovering from.
Diezel Taylor continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, throwing for 119 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also punching in a touchdown on the ground. Northeastern also got a significant boost from Jackson Jones, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 86 yards.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Northeastern was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 239 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 205 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Northeastern's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Mason Shockey and Cody Houseman.
The victory made it two in a row for West Liberty-Salem and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Northeastern, their win bumped their record up to an identical 4-1.
Everything came up roses for West Liberty-Salem against Northeastern in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 42-7 victory. In that match, West Liberty-Salem amassed a halftime lead of 35-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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