Football Preview: Westview Wolverines vs. Montgomery Aztecs
The Westview Wolverines will challenge the Montgomery Aztecs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Westview is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They managed an 18-14 victory over Mission Bay. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Wolverines.
Westview can attribute much of their success to Mason Walsh, who rushed for 38 yards and two touchdowns, and also threw for 66 yards and a touchdown. Walsh has become a key player for Westview: the team is 5-2 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 0-5 otherwise. Langdon Mullica handled things on the ground, rushing for 114 yards.
Westview was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
One reason for the win was Westview's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 6.5 sacks. Mission Bay's QB won't forget Mateo Bresenden anytime soon given he sacked him 4.5 times.
Meanwhile, Montgomery entered their tilt with Ramona on Friday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They blew past the Bulldogs 28-7. Considering the Aztecs have won five matches by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Mikey Silva was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 84 yards and two touchdowns.
Montgomery is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 8.8 points per game. As for Westview, their win ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-7.
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