Northview Celebrates Homecoming With 30-20 Win Over Jay

October 6, 2018

The Northview Chief earned a 30-20 homecoming win Friday night in Bratt over the Jay Royals.

“We played good in a spurts, and we played really bad in spurts,” Northview football coach Derek Marshman said after the win.

The Chiefs got off to a rough start with a a penalty on their first down and no gain on their second before Jayden Jackson scored on a 64-yard run to give the Chiefs and early 6-0 lead with 10:40 remaining in the first quarter.

At 8:30 in the second, Jay quarterback Bryson McCullough found senior Conner Roberts for a 40-yard touchdown to tie it up 6-6.

With 5:55 remaining in the first half,  from Ben Wilson connected with Ray’von Bush for another Chiefs TD, 12-6.

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The Chiefs were not going to the lockers without on more before the half. With 1:50 on the clock, Northview moved ahead 18-6 when Wilson found Seth Killam for a 76-yard touchdown. But not to be left out, the Royals squeeze in another touchdown as time expired in the half on a 13-yard pass from McCullough to Austin Ashworth to cut the Chiefs lead to 18-12.

Jackson scored on a 15-yarder with 5:31 go to in the third, and Aunterio Minor powered in from a yard out with 3:02 to go in the fourth for a 30-12 lead.

Solomon Ransom scored from about 30-yards out for the Royals with 1:49 in the game.

“Our run defense was incredible tonight. They have a great running back and a great running team. We challenged them physically all week to stop the run and we did that,” Marshman said.

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The Northview Chiefs (4-2, 1-0) are facing their biggest challenges of the season the next two weeks. NHS will be at Pensacola Catholic next Friday night, then it’s a trip to Baker in a couple of weeks.  Catholic is coming off a 48-3 loss Friday night to Madison County, while 1-A powerhouse Baker  is riding a 27-game regular season winning streak.

For now, the Chiefs are not thinking about the Baker Gators; they are setting their sights on a “W’ against the Catholic Crusaders.

“Catholic is going to be a tough team. They have beaten a lot of schools that are bigger than they are. They are playing up in class every week, besides next week,” Marshman said. “It’s going to a be a big challenge for us.  It’s always tough to play a bigger school like that with the kind of athletes they have, but we are going to be up for the challenge.”

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