Two dominant signal callers in CJ Couch and Finley Polk are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Catawba Ridge Copperheads will welcome the Northwestern Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Catawba Ridge sitting on four straight wins and Northwestern on five.
Catawba Ridge's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 30-0 victory over Fort Mill on the road. The Copperheads might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three contests by 24 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwestern). They took their matchup at home on Friday with ease, bagging a 67-13 win over Nation Ford. With the Trojans ahead 57-13 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Catawba Ridge's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Northwestern, their win bumped their record up to 5-0.
Catawba Ridge took a serious blow against Northwestern in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 52-10. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Polk, who threw for 303 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per attempt. Now that Catawba Ridge knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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