Miami Northwestern beats Columbus: Live score, updates of Florida high school football in ninth week (10/17/2024)

Back-to-back 4M state champions will have to contend with potent Northwestern passing attack, led by top 2026 wide receiver Calvin Russell Jr.

Miami high school powers Northwestern and Norland will meet in a big South Florida showdown. /

If former NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater wants to keep his alma mater on track in his first season at the helm, he must now lead Miami Northwestern past a school that has won the past two Florida 4M state championships.

Enter Columbus High School.

And the Explorers have won the past three series meetings, including a 24-7 victory last season at Tropical Park - a comeback in which Columbus scored 21 unanswered points in the second half.

The two face off at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The game will be streamed live on 305PlusNetwork.tv.

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FINAL: MIAMI NORTHWESTERN 23, COLUMBUS 18

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FINAL

Unofficial stats - Strawder (N) 13 of 19, 139 yards, two TDs, two INT. Lennear (N) 6 catches, 34 yards, two TDs. Russell (N) 2 completions for 23 yards; 2 catches, 36 yards. Addai (C) 63 total yards.

FOUTH QUARTER

TOUCHDOWN, Columbus - On final play of game, Gonzalez to Fitzgerald on 9-yard score up right seam. (Northwestern, 23-18, 0:00).

TOUCHDOWN, Northwestern - Big-boy drive with two scrum-like, move-the-pile runs ends on Hardy's 1-yard scamper. Score capped 57-yard series. (Northwestern, 23-12, 1:33).

THIRD QUARTER

FIELD GOAL, Northwestern - Bulls get down t Columbus 1-yard line, but stopped, goes backward a little - and settles for Silva's 25-yard boot. (Northwestern, 16-12, 1:41).

SAFETY, Columbus - After Strawder is sacked, next snap goes over everybody's head and is recovered in end zone for safety. (Northwestern, 13-12, 7:11).

SECOND QUARTER

TOUCHDOWN, Northwestern - Pass game heated up on that series, going 62 yards in 1:05. Strawder completed all five passes, including second score to Lennear on a 5-yarder in back of end zone. (Northwestern, 13-10, :11).

TOUCHDOWN, Columbus - Northwestern immediately gets ball back near midfield, but Chavez reads Strawder perfectly, and takes an interception 60 yards back untouched for score. (Columbus, 10-6, 1:18).

TOUCHDOWN, Northwestern - Very odd drive with lots of running - until first pass is picked off in end zone. But Bulls get it back on fumble, and Strawder finds Lennear in left flat for 6-yard score. PAT kick failed (Northwestern, 6-3, 2:41).

FIRST QUARTER

FIELD GOAL, Columbus - Fitzgibbons drills 34-yarder after Bulls fail on fake punt (Columbus, 3-0, 3:56).

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About Columbus

Key players— RB Agyeman Addai, LB Ethan Barosela, LB Hector Chavez, LB Dylan Gill, WR/DB Bryce Fitzgerald.

About Miami Northwestern

Key players— DB Antonio Branch Jr., DB J'Vari Flowers, WR/DB Desmond Johnson, WR Calvin Russell Jr., QB Levi Strawder,

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