The Aurora Central Trojans will take on the Northfield Nighthawks at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Aurora Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Northfield will come in with three straight wins.
Aurora Central and Thomas Jefferson met for a duel on Saturday where Aurora Central couldn't get it done. Aurora Central had to suffer through a 34-0 loss at the hands of Thomas Jefferson.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northfield). They really took it to Denver North for the full four quarters, racking up a 65-12 victory on the road. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-6.
Northfield's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Xavier Ward led the charge by rushing for 92 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, while also picking up 30 receiving yards and a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Ward a new career-high in rushing yards. Zavious Chineth was another key back, rushing for 103 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Northfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 375 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Northfield didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Dylan Anderson and Alonzo Lazzu.
Aurora Central's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Northfield, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Aurora Central was taken down by Northfield 53-0 in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Thankfully for Aurora Central, Christian Love (who rushed for 69 yards and three touchdowns on only seven carries, and also threw for 129 yards and three touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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