The Lake Havasu Knights and the Northwest Christian Crusaders are set to duel on Friday.
Lake Havasu's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Thunderbird on Friday. They had to suffer through a 45-0 loss at the hands of the Titans. That makes it the first time this season the Knights have let down their home crowd.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Northwest Christian). They blew past Buckeye 49-28 on Friday. The win was nothing new for the Crusaders as they're now sitting on three straight.
Northwest Christian got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Nathan Johannes out in front who picked up 120 receiving yards and a touchdown, and also rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown while picking up 7.1 yards per carry. The bulk of those receiving yards came from one huge play: a catch that gained an incredible 94 yards. Another passer making a difference was Laki Wallwork, who threw for 313 yards and four touchdowns while completing 79.3% of his passes.
Lake Havasu's defeat dropped their record down to 3-2. As for Northwest Christian, their win bumped their record up to 5-1.
Lake Havasu was taken down by Northwest Christian 49-7 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Lake Havasu, Ben Lueders (who rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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