After losing to St. Paul Lutheran the last time they met, Northwest decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Northwest Mustangs breezed by the St. Paul Lutheran Saints on the road to the tune of 68-31 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
Leading Northwest to victory were Dane Palmer and Connor Thorp. Palmer rushed for 141 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry, while Thorp rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns on only 12 carries. With that strong performance, Thorp is now averaging an impressive 104.5 rushing yards per game. Another rusher making a difference was Nathan Boss, who rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown.
Boss wasn't the only one working in the rushing yards department: Northwest was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 377 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in seven consecutive contests dating back to last season.
St. Paul Lutheran lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Tate Kreisel, who picked up 180 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career- in total yards. Easton Sheets also helped out by tossing the rock for 278 yards.
Northwest's victory bumped their record up to 2-0. As for St. Paul Lutheran, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Northwest will be defending their home-field for the first time this season they go up against Concordia at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games. As for St. Paul Lutheran, they will head out to face off against North Shelby at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
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