Football Game Recap: South View vs. Seventy-First

It may have taken overtime to finish the job, but Seventy-First ultimately got the result it was hoping for on Friday. They dodged a bullet, finishing off South View 42-41. Having pegged this as anyone's game, the MaxPreps state rankings were right on the nose.

Seventy-First got off to a slow start in their match last week, but they had no such trouble against South View as they cruised to a 21-point first half. South View wasn't quite able to keep up, scoring 17 to make it 21-17 heading into the break. Seventy-First almost let the contest get away from them in the second half, but they had just enough oomph to take it.

The victory (their fourth in a row) raised Seventy-First's record to 11-3. South View's loss pushes them down to 11-3.

Seventy-First will take on Scotland in each of the teams' fourth playoff game at 7:30 PM next week. The stakes are high as those two teams are all in, each fighting to extend its postseason success. As for South View, they do not have any more games currently scheduled.

Playoff bracket for these teams

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