After starting their season with two straight games on the road, Northwest is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the Concordia Fighting Orioles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Last Friday, Northwest was fully in charge, breezing past St. Paul Lutheran 68-31 on the road.
Meanwhile, Concordia came into Friday's contest having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They blew past Slater 49-20 at home on Friday.
Concordia found their leader in underclassman Nephi Hon, who rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also threw for 97 yards and three touchdowns on only nine passes.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Concordia's defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Landon Langkrahr and Aaron Brown who racked up all five sacks between them. With that strong performance, Brown is now averaging an impressive 7.5 total tackles per game. Concordia got some further help from Maddix Inman: he made 14 total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended a pass.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Concordia was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 318 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in August of 2023.
Northwest's win bumped their record up to 2-0. As for Concordia, the victory also got them back to even at 1-1.
Northwest came up short against Concordia in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 27-22. Will Northwest have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other football content.
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