If Woods Cross was feeling good off their 63-14 takedown of Kearns last Friday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. The Woods Cross Wildcats fell just short of the Mountain View Mavericks by a score of 24-21 on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' football rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 45th in Utah, while the Mavericks are ranked ninth in Idaho).
Despite the loss, Woods Cross still got an impressive performance from Viliami Tapa?Atoutai, who rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns. Tapa?Atoutai's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up a sack and making five total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Woods Cross wouldn't let Mountain View keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Woods Cross can thank Brody Rogers and Okusitino Sa for forcing both of them. Sa also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up a sack, forcing a fumble, and making ten total tackles (1.0 for loss).
Having lost for the first time this season, Woods Cross fell to 2-1.
Woods Cross will look to defend their home field on Friday against Bonneville at 7:00 p.m. As for Mountain View, they will hit the road for the first time this season to face off against Meridian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have been evenly matched recently as the teams are 5-5 against one another since October of 2017.
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