Football Preview: Maricopa Rams vs. Mountain View Mountain Lions
After two games on the road, Maricopa is heading back home. They will host the Mountain View Mountain Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Maricopa is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.3 points per game this season.
Maricopa is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Tucson High Magnet School on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Maricopa came up short against Tucson High Magnet School, falling 34-14.
Maricopa wouldn't let Tucson High Magnet School keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Maricopa can thank Izaac Lopez and Ruben White for forcing both of them. With that strong performance, Lopez is now averaging an impressive 5.7 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain View). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Nogales 42-0 on the road. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Mountain View can attribute much of their success to Liam Lewis, who rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and Ion Brin, who rushed for 41 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave Lewis a new career-high in rushing yards. Another big playmaker for Mountain View was Diego Gomez, who returned a punt for a touchdown.
Maricopa's defeat dropped their record down to 4-3. As for Mountain View, they now also have a winning record of 4-3.
Maricopa was taken down by Mountain View 42-14 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Maricopa was down 35-7.
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