Fort Mill hasn't had much luck against Northwestern recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets will face off against the Northwestern Trojans at 7:30 p.m.
Fort Mill is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They took a 28-23 hit to the loss column at the hands of Rock Hill. While losing is never fun, the Yellow Jackets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina football rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Bearcats are ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, Northwestern put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They breezed by Clover at home to the tune of 57-23. The result was nothing new for the Trojans, who have now won four contests by 34 points or more so far this season.
Finley Polk was his usual excellent self, throwing for 319 yards and four touchdowns while completing 72.4% of his passes, and also rushing for 63 yards and three touchdowns. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in September of 2023. Another player making a difference was Jayden Nichols, who picked up 101 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Fort Mill's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Northwestern, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Fort Mill was dealt a bruising 51-0 defeat at the hands of Northwestern in their previous meeting back in October of 2019. Thankfully for Fort Mill, Sydney Mullennix (who threw for 303 yards and four touchdowns on only 16 passes, and also punched in a rushing score) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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