The Blaine Bengals will square off against the Moorhead Spuds at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Wednesday, Blaine didn't have too much trouble with Andover as they won 35-21. The Bengals pushed the score to 35-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Huskies cut but never quite recovered from.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Jameson Niska and Joseph Mapson. Niska had a great game and rushed for 255 yards and three scores while picking up 8.5 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Mapson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 120 yards and one TD, while also throwing for 132 yards and one touchdown.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Moorhead). They came out on top against Edina by a score of 51-44 on Wednesday. The victory was a breath of fresh air for the Spuds as it put an end to their three-game losing streak.
Blaine's win bumped their record up to 5-3. As for Moorhead, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
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