Football Preview: Mountain View Wildcats vs. Massaponax Panthers
The Mountain View Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Massaponax Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Massaponax took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Mountain View, who comes in off a win.
Mountain View will head into Friday's contest on the come-up: they were handed a three-point defeat in their last match, but they sure didn't let that happen against Centreville on Friday. Mountain View was the clear victor by a 40-14 margin over Centreville. 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 game against Matoaca on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Massaponax was outmatched by Matoaca at home and fell 47-19. Despite 52 more yards than the Warriors, the Panthers couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
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 matchups.
Mountain View now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Massaponax, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3.
Everything went Mountain View's way against Massaponax when the teams last played back in September of 2023, as Mountain View made off with a 43-21 victory. 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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