Northwest hasn't had much luck against North Shelby recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Northwest Mustangs will look to defend their home field against the North Shelby Raiders at 7:00 p.m.
Northwest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Missouri's top teams: Braymer, who was ranked eighth in their home state at the time (Northwest was ranked 25th). Northwest fell 36-26 to Braymer on Friday. The contest was a 14-14 toss-up at halftime, but the Mustangs couldn't quite close it out.
The match pitted two dominant signal callers against one another in Dane Palmer and Jordan Haley. Haley had a great game and rushed for 200 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 8.0 yards per carry. Meanwhile, Palmer was balling out in the loss, rushing for 202 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.8 yards per carry.
Northwest's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Kayden O'Bryan.
Meanwhile, North Shelby waltzed into their match on Friday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They blew past the Coyotes 52-14 at home. Considering the Raiders have won four games by more than 37 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Northwest's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for North Shelby, their win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1.
Northwest was dealt a bruising 66-26 loss at the hands of North Shelby in their previous matchup back in August of 2018. Can Northwest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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