The Everett Warriors are on the road again on Friday to play the North Star Cougars at 12:00 p.m. Everett's defense has only allowed 18 points per game this season, so North Star's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Everett lost 30-6 to Clear Spring on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 462nd in Pennsylvania, while the Blazers are ranked 142nd in Maryland).
Meanwhile, North Star hadn't done well against Windber recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. North Star blew past Windber 44-8 at home. That looming 44-8 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Cougars yet this season.
Kasey Yoder went supernova for North Star, throwing for 218 yards and three touchdowns while completing 73.9% of his passes, and also rushing for 66 yards and a touchdown. Yoder got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 57 yards. Ethan Smith was in the mix too, providing North Star with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, North Star was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 216 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Everett now has a losing record at 2-3. As for North Star, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Everett was taken down by North Star 64-31 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Everett avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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