The Massaponax Panthers will face off against the Mountain View Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Massaponax is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Mountain View is facing Massaponax at the wrong time: Massaponax suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They were beaten by the Warriors 47-19. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Warriors are ranked tenth).
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.
Meanwhile, Mountain View's matchup on Friday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They were the clear victor by a 40-14 margin over Centreville.
Massaponax's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Mountain View, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Massaponax might still be hurting after the 43-21 loss they got from Mountain View in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Massaponax was down 29-0.
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