Football Preview: Mountain Valley Falcons vs. Freeport Falcons
Mountain Valley has been on the road for two straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will welcome the Freeport Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Mountain Valley's offense hasn't had much luck over their past three matchups, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Mountain Valley will head into Thursday's match out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They were outmatched by Winthrop/Monmouth Academy/Hall-Dale on the road and fell 35-8.
Meanwhile, Freeport owes their defense a big pat on the back after their performance on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-0 victory over Lisbon/St. Dominic. The two-point effort marked the Falcons' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Mountain Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Freeport, their win ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 3-3.
Everything came up roses for Mountain Valley against Freeport in their previous meeting back in October of 2016, as the squad secured a 42-7 victory. In that matchup, Mountain Valley amassed a halftime lead of 22-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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