The Mountain View Wildcats will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Massaponax Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Massaponax took a loss in their last match and will be looking to turn the tables on Mountain View, who comes in off a win.
Mountain View will head into Friday's matchup on the come-up: they were handed a three-point loss in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against Centreville on Friday. Mountain View put the hurt on Centreville with a sharp 40-14 win. 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 took a blow against Matoaca, falling 47-19. Despite 52 more yards than the Warriors, the Panthers couldn't convert that extra yardage to scores.
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 matches.
Mountain View now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Massaponax, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-3.
Everything went Mountain View's way against Massaponax in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 as Mountain View made off with a 43-21 victory. In that contest, Mountain View amassed a halftime lead of 29-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
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