Northland had won three straight games and Jayden Cherry did his part to make it four on Thursday. The Northland Vikings skirted past the Beechcroft Cougars 17-14 thanks in part to Cherry, who rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on only ten carries. Those 100 rushing yards gave him a new career-high.
The team also got some help courtesy of Tyreek Lewis, who picked up three sacks and made 11 total tackles (5.0 for loss). He has been hot recently, having posted two or more sacks the last four times he's played.
One reason for the win was Northland's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for eight sacks. Lewis led the group effort, picking up three of those sacks all by himself. Justin Ofori also set a new season high mark in total tackles with 13.
Northland is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3 record this season. As for Beechcroft, their loss dropped their record down to 5-5.
Northland will look to defend their home field on Friday against Perry at 7:00 p.m. Northland will be looking to keep their five-game home win streak alive. Beechcroft does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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