Football Preview: Mountain View Wildcats vs. North Stafford Wolverines
Mountain View and North Stafford are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2017, but not for long. The Mountain View Wildcats will look to defend their home field on Friday against the North Stafford Wolverines at 7:00 p.m. The timing isn't great for Mountain View: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while North Stafford has snatched up three consecutive wins on the road.
Mountain View will head into Friday's game ready to turn things around: they lost a close one when they played last Friday but unfortunately for them the defeat they were handed on Friday was a bit more commanding. They were outmatched by Patriot at home and fell 42-7. The matchup marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, North Stafford hadn't done well against Massaponax recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. North Stafford strolled past Massaponax with points to spare, taking the game 28-14. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Panthers are ranked 116th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mountain View's loss dropped their record down to 3-5. As for North Stafford, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Everything came up roses for Mountain View against North Stafford in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as the team secured a 42-7 victory. In that match, Mountain View amassed a halftime lead of 28-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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