Oak Park put all the pieces together in week 8 against Northtown to find a way to spoil their homecoming. This would be the first time Oak Park has beaten NKC since the 2017 season and Oak Park would finish the night raising the W flag back on their own turf.

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 Offense:

 
All the damage by the Northmen would be done in the first half but, it's all they would need.  Oak Park went down early but responded with a little pitch the left side to Freshman '25 Travon Pankey who took it to the house from 12 yards out. On the very next drive the Senior running back '22 KeAndre Braxton would punch it in from 3 yards out giving Oak Park the lead and they wouldn't look back. To end the half '22 Ty Clemens found '22 Marlon Gant Jr. and put the Northmen up 2 scores.
 
Oak Park had 190 passing yards and just 78 rushing yards but won by double digits. The key for this offense was to capitalize in the red-zone and scored on a key special teams turnover early in the game. The offense was better this week on third down going 5 for 13, however turned the ball over 3 times in key drives. The passing attack was spread out just like usual with 5 different receivers catching passes. This offense can really hang with anyone when it wants to, and they proved it this week.

Everyone had their eyes in the trenches on Friday night, and it was an impressive battle with the Northmen getting the upper hand against some notable talent here in the Kansas City area.  No doubt the offensive line will wear this W as a badge of honor, holding them to only 1 sack on a broken play and the 3rd best offensive production against the Hornets this season.

Can't help but feel things are starting to click for the Northmen right at the right time, shoud be fun for Oak Park fans these next couple weeks to see if they can string something together in the post-season.
 

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 Defense:

 
The Northmen defense had their best performance of the year coming against a great rushing attack from the Northtown Hornets.

Northtown would score on their second drive of the game and could not find a score against stingy Oak Park Defense. Oak Park held them to 290 all-purpose yards and 15 first downs. Oak Park was also great on 4^th down attempts from the Northtown offense allowing just two conversions on seven attempts. They forced 3 turnovers with two being forced fumbles and the other an interception on the sideline. Oak Park only allowed 7 completed passes out of 23 attempts for just 85 yards and no touchdowns. Put all these stats together and you get the best defensive game for the Northmen this year.
 
The leading tackler was no other than '22 Jett Sutton with 13 and a tackle for loss. '22 Paul Hernandez and '24 Evan Cook both forced fumbles and '23 Sam Houser caught the interception. '23 Sharo Mahdi also came in clutch with a sack to put away the Hornets and secure the win for the Northmen.

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 What's Next?

 
In week nine the Northmen will look to earn their fourth win of the season against an evenly matched Grandview team. This will be the final game before the playoffs, and it will be at Northmen Stadium.

It's SENIOR NIGHT, with a 7 o'clock kickoff

LET'S GO NORTHMEN !