The North Central Knights will face off against the Ainsworth Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. North Central is looking for their season's first win.
Last Friday, North Central took a blow against Neligh-Oakdale, falling 62-20.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ainsworth). They skirted past St. Mary's 70-68. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Bulldogs.
Morgan Kinney continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 209 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 11.6 yards per carry, and also throwing for 22 yards and two touchdowns while completing 80% of his passes. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 105.8 rushing yards per game. Chris Fernandez was another key player, throwing for 164 yards and three touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Ainsworth was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 284 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Ainsworth's defensive line and their four sacks. Cole Swanson was especially locked on to St. Mary's QB and sacked him twice.
North Central's loss dropped their record down to 0-5. As for Ainsworth, their victory bumped their record up to 2-3.
North Central was dealt a bruising 68-12 defeat at the hands of Ainsworth in their previous meeting back in August of 2023. Thankfully for North Central, Carter Nelson (who picked up 156 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also rushed for 118 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries) 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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