The Northfield Nighthawks will head out on the road to take on the Ralston Valley Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Northfield's defense has only allowed 11.1 points per game this season, so Ralston Valley's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Northfield's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 32-0 win over Thomas Jefferson at home. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Nighthawks considering their 12-point performance the game before.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Northfield's defense and their four sacks. In that department, Freya Erickson was the leader with three. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more sacks the last four times she's played.
Meanwhile, Ralston Valley faced Mountain Vista in a battle between two of the state's top teams last Monday. Ralston Valley took a blow against Mountain Vista, falling 48-21. Despite 58 more yards than the Golden Eagles, the Mustangs couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
Despite the defeat, Ralston Valley got top-tier performance from Ashlyn Callahan, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries, and also picked up 64 receiving yards. Callahan also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, making three total tackles and defending two passes. Kailyn Korkus also helped out by tossing the rock for 326 yards.
The victory was the third in a row for Northfield, bringing their record for this year to 10-4. As for Ralston Valley, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Northfield was taken down by Ralston Valley 44-0 in their previous matchup back in August. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ralston Valley's Zoe Zoll, who threw for 379 yards and five touchdowns while completing 85.7% of her passes. Now that Northfield knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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