The Worthington Kilbourne Wolves will face off against the Westerville North Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Worthington Kilbourne took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Franklin Heights, posting a 34-0 victory at home.
Meanwhile, Westerville North fought the good fight in their overtime match against Big Walnut on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They and the Golden Eagles were almost perfectly matched up, but they suffered a 32-31 defeat. Even though they lost, the Warriors' still made a splash on offense and bumped their average scoring up to 26.1 points per game (they're now ranked -1th in scoring overall).
Westerville North's loss came about despite a quality game from Ronald Jackson, who rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries, and also threw for 186 yards on 13 of 23 attempts.
Even if they lost, Westerville North's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. In fact, those sacks all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Damion King. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with eight.
The win got Worthington Kilbourne back to even at 4-4. As for Westerville North, this is the second loss in a row for them and also nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Worthington Kilbourne took a serious blow against Westerville North when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 41-13. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Westerville North's Micah Young, who rushed for 141 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries, and also threw for 232 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes. Now that Worthington Kilbourne knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
