Football Preview: Mountain View Wildcats vs. Massaponax Panthers
The Mountain View Wildcats are on the road again on Friday to play the Massaponax Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Massaponax took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Mountain View, who comes in off a win.
Mountain View will head into Friday's game on the come-up: they were handed a three-point loss in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against Centreville on Friday. Mountain View blew past Centreville 40-14. Given Mountain View's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 39th, while Centreville is ranked 177th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Massaponax entered their matchup against Matoaca on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Massaponax took a blow against Matoaca, falling 47-19. The Panthers gained 52 more yards on the day, but it was the Warriors that made the best use of them.
Although Massaponax took the loss, they still got scores from Josiah Perry, Malik Turner-Gutierrez, and Turner-Gutierrez.
Even though they lost, Massaponax was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in four consecutive matches.
Mountain View now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Massaponax, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Mountain View took their win against Massaponax when the teams last played back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 43-21. In that contest, Mountain View amassed a halftime lead of 29-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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