Football Preview: Mainland Regional Mustangs vs. NV - Old Tappan Golden Knights
The Mainland Regional Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the NV - Old Tappan Golden Knights at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Mainland Regional sitting on five straight victories and NV - Old Tappan on four.
Mainland Regional is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They skirted past Somerville 36-34. Mainland Regional's win was all the more impressive since the Pioneers were averaging only 10.31 points allowed on the season.
Meanwhile, NV - Old Tappan faced Pascack Valley in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. NV - Old Tappan simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat Pascack Valley 43-14. Considering the Golden Knights have won seven matches by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Mainland Regional has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 34.5 points per game. As for NV - Old Tappan, their victory bumped their record up to 11-1.
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