Football Preview: Montclair Mounties vs. West Orange Mountaineers
The Montclair Mounties will be playing in front of their home fans against the West Orange Mountaineers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Montclair's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Union City on Friday. They had to suffer through a 35-0 loss at the hands of the Soaring Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Mounties can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 93rd, while the Soaring Eagles are ranked 29th).
Meanwhile, West Orange entered their contest against Phillipsburg on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. West Orange fell 21-14 to Phillipsburg. The matchup marked the Mountaineers' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Montclair and nudges their season record down to 2-4. As for West Orange, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 4-2.
Montclair skirted past West Orange 24-21 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Montclair repeat their success, or does West Orange have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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