Two teams were on the hunt for playoff glory, but only the Northwest Texans walked away with it. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Midlothian on Friday and snuck past 40-37. This was one game where the offenses had no trouble playing at a high level.
Leading Northwest to victory were Saheed Durodoye and Leddie Thompson. Durodoye rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, while Thompson threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns while completing 83.3% of his passes. Durodoye really tore up the turf during one magnificent 82-yard run. Kobey Wall did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 82 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Northwest is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Midlothian, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-3.
Northwest will take on Tascosa at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Tascosa will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 245th, while Northwest is ranked 60th). Midlothian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
