East hasn't had much luck against Northland recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The East Tigers will look to defend their home field against the Northland Vikings at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
East is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They claimed a resounding 73-6 victory over Mifflin on the road. Considering the Tigers have won four games by more than 29 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Aaron Britford was his usual excellent self, rushing for 108 yards and three touchdowns, while also throwing for 75 yards and a touchdown while completing 71.4% of his passes. He got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 60 yards. Daequan Lindsey was in the mix as well, providing East with two touchdowns.
Meanwhile, Northland was able to grind out a solid win over KIPP Columbus on Thursday, taking the game 14-6. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by exactly eight points.
East's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Northland, they pushed their record up to 4-2 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
East took a serious blow against Northland in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 49-14. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northland's David ?Amir? Brown, who rushed for 236 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per carry. Now that East knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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