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 take on the Northeastern Jets at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, West Liberty-Salem humbled Madison Plains with a 33-6 victory. Considering the Tigers have won three games by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
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 claimed a resounding 44-8 win over the Indians 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.
It was another big night for Diezel Taylor, who threw for 119 yards and four touchdowns while completing 87.5% of his passes, and also punched 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 when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as the squad secured a 42-7 victory. In that matchup, West Liberty-Salem amassed a halftime lead of 35-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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