The Des Moines North Polar Bears will venture away from home to challenge the North Polk Comets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Des Moines North has given up an average of 26.7 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Des Moines North is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Ballard on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Polar Bears were beaten by the Bombers 56-14. The Polar Bears haven't had much luck with the Bombers recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North Polk). They claimed a resounding 47-7 win over Bondurant-Farrar. The Comets have beaten the Bluejays the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Bluejays has come to flipping the script.
North Polk's victory bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Des Moines North, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-4.
Des Moines North was dealt a bruising 48-12 loss at the hands of North Polk in their previous meeting back in September of 2024. Can the Polar Bears avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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