The Mountain View Wildcats's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Massaponax Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain View will be strutting in after a win while Massaponax will be coming in after a defeat.
Mountain View will head into Friday's match on the come-up: they were handed a three-point loss in their last matchup, but they sure didn't let that happen against Centreville on Friday. Mountain View put the hurt on Centreville with a sharp 40-14 victory. Given Mountain View's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 39th, while Centreville is ranked 177th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Massaponax entered their game against Matoaca on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Massaponax had to suffer through a 47-19 loss at the hands of Matoaca. The Panthers gained 52 more yards on the day, but it was the Warriors that made the best use of them.
Although Massaponax took the loss, they still got scores from Josiah Perry, Malik Turner-Gutierrez, and Turner-Gutierrez.
Even though they lost, Massaponax was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Mountain View now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Massaponax, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Mountain View took their win against Massaponax in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 by a conclusive 43-21. In that matchup, Mountain View amassed a halftime lead of 29-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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