Football Preview: Metea Valley Mustangs vs. Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings
The Metea Valley Mustangs will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Homewood-Flossmoor Vikings at 7:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many points in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Friday, Metea Valley was beaten by Sandburg 53-12. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Illinois football rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the Eagles are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 48-7, which was the final score in Homewood-Flossmoor's tilt against Lincoln-Way East on Friday. The contest marked the Vikings' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Even if they lost, Homewood-Flossmoor's defensive line still kept up the pressure with three sacks. Leading the way was Jalen White with two. He also set a new season high mark in total tackles with four.
Metea Valley's loss was their eighth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Homewood-Flossmoor, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2.
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