No. 4 Northmor Golden Knights (10-2, 6-1) vs. No. 1 Garaway Pirates (12-0, 5-0)
Kickoff: 7 p.m. Friday at Heath High School, 300 Licking View Dr, Heath, OH
Enrollments: Nothmor (459), Garaway (512)
Coaches: Northmor- Scott Armrose, Garaway- Jason Wallick
Streak: Northmor- 7 wins, Garaway- 12 wins
At Stake: Northmor has been on a roll and coming off a lopsided win last week, but Garaway blew out East Knox and has won 12 straight.
What to Watch: AJ Bower and Carson Campbell are coming off excellent performances in a 31-6 win over Trimble in the second round of the state tournament.
Bower had three passing touchdowns and 154 yards going 12-for-19. His top options are Bo Landin and Jax Wenger, who each had touchdown catches last week. Hunter Fulk can also do some damage, as he showed with a touchdown catch last week.
Campbell ran for 125 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries, and is the focal point of the running game. Paul Cramer can get it done on the ground, as well. Last week he was quiet, but he had three touchdowns the week before.
Watch out for Caleb Schnuerer, who was 4-for-4 on extra points and 1-for-1 on a field goal attempt. He also picked off a pass on defense.
Garaway is led by Dillon Soehnlen, who had three rushing touchdowns to lead the way in a 49-7 rout of East Knox. He now has 23 rushing touchdowns on the season, and more than 1,100 yards rushing.
Brady Geibel had three touchdown passes in the first half, where the Pirates had a 42-0 lead. Geibel has 28 touchdown catches now on the year.
Jensen Garber is the top receiver to watch, as he has 16 receiving touchdowns this year, including two last week. Over the first 11 games of the season he had 58 catches for 1,030 yards.
The Pirates have outscored opponents 469-89 this season.
