The Hopkinton Hawks will square off against the Fall Mountain Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Hopkinton is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Hampshire's top teams: Monadnock, who was ranked 15th at the time (Hopkinton was ranked 18th). Hopkinton might be feeling deja-vu: they lost 36-27 to Monadnock, which was the same score (and result) they got the week prior. The Hawks have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Meanwhile, Fall Mountain had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They walked away with a 34-26 win over the Huskies. The 34-point effort marked the Wildcats' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Fall Mountain pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 21.5 points per game. As for Hopkinton, their loss dropped their record down to 10-4.
Hopkinton was able to grind out a solid win over Fall Mountain in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, winning 39-27. Does Hopkinton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fall Mountain turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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