The Mountain Ridge Miners will head out to face off against the Northern Huskies at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain Ridge is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Mountain Ridge is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Fort Hill on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Mountain Ridge was dealt a 56-3 defeat at the hands of Fort Hill. While losing is never fun, the Miners can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Sentinels are ranked 34th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northern). They breezed by Uniontown at home to the tune of 58-6 on Friday. With that victory, the Huskies brought their scoring average up to 27.2 points per game.
Luke Ross continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 112 yards and a touchdown on only eight carries, while also catching a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 58 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. Hunter Livengood was in the mix as well, providing Northern with a touchdown.
Northern didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Austin Ross and Robert Deatelhauser.
Mountain Ridge's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Northern, the win also got them back to even at 3-3.
Mountain Ridge was able to grind out a solid victory over Northern when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 28-21. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Ross, who picked up 216 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Mountain Ridge still be able to contain Ross? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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