The Northfield Nighthawks will square off against the Northglenn Norsemen at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Northfield will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up eight points on Saturday, then bounced right back against Denver East on Tuesday. Northfield blew past Denver East 36-12.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Northfield's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Talya Sigel and Freya Erickson, who racked up four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, Northglenn came tearing into Wednesday's contest with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 11.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Mustangs, posting a 36-6 victory at home. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Norsemen considering their one-point performance the match before.
Northfield's win bumped their record up to 8-4. As for Northglenn, they pushed their record up to 12-2 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
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