Football Preview: Middletown Mustangs vs. Clear Lake Cardinals
The Middletown Mustangs will venture away from home to challenge the Clear Lake Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Middletown will head into Friday's contest ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Kelseyville on Friday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 21-point defeat they were dealt on September 6th. Middletown fell just short of Kelseyville by a score of 24-21. The Mustangs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Clear Lake was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 45-13 loss at the hands of St. Bernard's. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 747th, while the Crusaders are ranked 317th).
Middletown's defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 1-2. As for Clear Lake, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Middletown came up short against Clear Lake in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 34-27. Can Middletown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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