The Mt. Gilead Indians will take on the Northmor Golden Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mt. Gilead has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with four straight defeats, while Northmor will come in with seven straight wins.
Mt. Gilead will head out to face Northmor after giving up their first home loss of the season on Friday. Mt. Gilead was beaten by Centerburg 46-14. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio football rankings (they are ranked 522nd, while the Trojans are ranked 242nd).
Meanwhile, while Northmor put up plenty of points on Friday, the same can't be said for East Knox. Northmor blew past East Knox 42-0 on the road. Considering the Golden Knights have won five games by more than 33 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Northmor had a senior duo take command as AJ Bower threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns on perfect 13-for-13 passing and Jaxson Wenger picked up 203 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Those 341 passing yards set a new season-high mark for Bower. Carson Campbell helped Bower out on the ground, rushing for 61 yards and two touchdowns.
Mt. Gilead's loss dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Northmor, they pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Mt. Gilead took a serious blow against Northmor when the teams last played back in October of 2023, falling 31-3. Can Mt. Gilead avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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