It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Southeast can now relate to. They took a 35-24 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Northwest Grizzlies on Friday. The Golden Buffalo lost against the Grizzlies in their previous head to head back in October of 2022, too, but the margin this time around was much closer than the 62-0 score last time.
Despite the loss, Southeast still got an impressive performance from Mack O'Bar, who threw for 149 yards and four touchdowns. O'Bar has become a key player for Southeast: the team is 2-1 when he posts at least three passing touchdowns, but 0-6 otherwise.
Augie Fast was his usual excellent self, rushing for 181 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.2 yards per carry for Northwest. Xytryl Pless was in the mix too, providing Northwest with a touchdown.
Southeast's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Northwest, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 8-1.
Southeast does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Northwest has already played their next match, a 62-28 win against South on the 8th.
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