North Muskegon’s M.O. this football season has been to get several players involved.
That was the case again in North Muskegon’s 52-14 victory over visiting Shelby Friday night at Fred Jacks Memorial Field, where the Norsemen secured their first 9-0 regular season since 1986.
Junior quarterback James Young was highly involved for the Norse. He completed 19 of 25 passes for 296 yards and five touchdowns. Bryce Colbert got into the act as well, completing his lone pass for a TD.
The win secured North Muskegon a second straight outright West Michigan Conference Rivers Division title at 6-0 after another unbeaten run through the division.
Next up for the top-ranked Norsemen is the Division 7 playoffs. For Shelby, the season ends at 2-7 overall and 2-4 in the WMC Rivers.
Here are more details and notables from the game:
- North Muskegon’s Landon Christensen caught four passes for 59 yards and a TD.
- North Muskegon’s Lamarkis Graham made three receptions for 53 yards and a TD.
- North Muskegon’s TJ Byard had five catches for 48 yards and two TDs.
- North Muskegon’s Alec Newville made three grabs for 46 yards and a TD.
- North Muskegon’s Chuck Meyers had one catch for 32 yards and a TD.
- North Muskegon’s Cullen Bartos had two receptions for 84 yards, plus he ran the ball six times for 40 yards.
- Seven different Norsemen caught passes.
- Tristan Thomas led the Norse running game with 81 yards and two TDs on eight carries.
- Meyers led North Muskegon defensively with 10 tackles, three of them for loss, plus a sack and a pass breakup.
- Newville and Jack McNally each had six tackles and a TFL for North Muskegon.
- Henry Hussman notched five tackles for the Norsemen.
- No stats or details were submitted for Shelby.
