Football Preview: Monte Vista Mustangs vs. Bishop O'Dowd Dragons
Two dominant backs in Julian McMahan and Saliou Sow are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Monte Vista Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Bishop O'Dowd Dragons at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Monte Vista has struggled recently with four losses in a row, while Bishop O'Dowd will arrive with six straight wins.
Monte Vista is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against San Ramon Valley on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Monte Vista was beaten by San Ramon Valley 38-7. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Wolves are ranked 31st).
The losing side was boosted by McMahan, who rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, everything went Bishop O'Dowd's way against San Leandro on Friday as Bishop O'Dowd made off with a 49-23 victory. Considering the Dragons have won six contests by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Bishop O'Dowd's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 40.3 points per game. As for Monte Vista, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.
Monte Vista came up short against Bishop O'Dowd in their previous meeting back in September, falling 24-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bishop O'Dowd's Deji Ajose, who picked up 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns. Now that Monte Vista knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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