The Casa Grande Cougars have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Mountain View Mountain Lions at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Casa Grande's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Buena as Casa Grande made off with a 24-0 win.
A big part of Casa Grande's victory came down to the chemistry between Sarah Mountz and her top target Kayla Tacker. Mountz threw for 288 yards and three touchdowns while completing 80% of her passes while Tacker picked up 150 receiving yards and a touchdown. Mountz also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making five total tackles and defending a pass.
Casa Grande didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Tacker.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Mountain View). They claimed a resounding 31-0 win over Vista Grande on the road. Given the Mountain Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona football rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Spartans are ranked 88th), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Casa Grande pushed their record up to 6-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Mountain View, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.
Everything came up roses for Casa Grande against Mountain View in their previous meeting on October 1st, as the team secured a 28-0 win. Will Casa Grande repeat their success, or does Mountain View have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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