Football Preview: Mountain Pointe Pride vs. McClintock Chargers
The Mountain Pointe Pride will venture away from home to take on the McClintock Chargers at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Mountain Pointe will be strutting in after a win while McClintock will be coming in after a loss.
Mountain Pointe is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Westwood: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Mountain Pointe blew Westwood out of the water with a 41-0 final score. The Pride pushed the score to 34-0 by the end of the third, a deficit the Warriors had no chance of recovering from.
Mountain Pointe found their leader in underclassman Amaya Moreno, who threw for 247 yards and six touchdowns while completing 75% of her passes, and also rushed for 113 yards on only ten carries. That high mark didn't come from nowhere: Moreno now passed for three or more in the last three games she's played dating back to last season. Moriah Green was Moreno's top target, picking up 143 receiving yards and three touchdowns.
One reason for the win was Mountain Pointe's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Noreal Sparks and Vanity Robles who racked up four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, McClintock fell victim to Williams Field and their airtight defense on Thursday. They took an 18-0 bruising from the Black Hawks. The Chargers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
The victory made it two in a row for Mountain Pointe and bumps their season record up to 2-0. As for McClintock, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
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