The Andover Huskies will take on the Rogers Royals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Andover has three straight victories, Rogers has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Andover is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They pulled ahead with a 62-61 photo finish over Anoka on Friday. Things were looking grim for the Huskies in the second quarter (they were down by 21) but they stormed back to get the game.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Joseph Mapson and Blake Sieben. Mapson had a great game and rushed for 156 yards and four TDs while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Sieben was balling out in the loss, throwing for 331 yards and a pair of touchdowns while picking up 12.7 yards per attempt, and also punching in one score on the ground.
Special teams was a major factor in the game for Andover, racking up 14 points in total. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Aidan Wiegert, who ran a kickoff back for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, Friday just wasn't the day for Rogers' offense. They had to suffer through a 36-0 loss at the hands of Centennial. While losing is never fun, the Royals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota football rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Cougars are ranked 11th).
Andover's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Rogers, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Everything went Andover's way against Rogers in their previous matchup back in September of 2022, as Andover made off with a 46-21 victory. In that contest, the Huskies amassed a halftime lead of 33-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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