The Mounds View Mustangs will challenge the East Ridge Raptors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mounds View has given up an average of 30 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Mounds View is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Stillwater on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Mustangs came up short against the Ponies, falling 37-14. The Mustangs haven't had much luck with the Ponies recently, as the team has come up short the last eight times they've met.
Although Mounds View took the loss, they still got scores from Godson Rufus-Okomhanru and Cayden Tran.
Even if they lost, Mounds View's defensive line still kept up the pressure with seven sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Robert Essie and Preston Johnson, who racked up five sacks between them.
Meanwhile, East Ridge waltzed into their game on Friday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They came out on top against the Bears by a score of 21-14.
East Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Mounds View, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Mounds View took their win against East Ridge when the teams last played back in October of 2024 by a conclusive 35-14 score. Will the Mustangs repeat their success, or do the Raptors have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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