The Mountain View Lobos will be defending their home-field for the first timethey go up against the El Paso Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams might be coming in a bit winded given how much these teams ran up and down the field in their prior games.
Mountain View is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Santa Teresa. Mountain View blew past Santa Teresa 33-7 on Thursday. The win was some much needed relief for the Lobos as it spelled an end to their four-game losing streak dating back to last season.
Omar Nevarez went supernova for Mountain View, rushing for 201 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 12.6 yards per carry. Another player making a difference was Diego Gonzales, who picked up 111 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mountain View was moving up and down the field and finished the game with 517 total yards. That's the most total yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
Meanwhile, El Paso couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They fell just short of Austin by a score of 21-19 on Saturday. The defeat continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost seven in a row.
Mountain View couldn't quite finish off El Paso in their previous meeting back in September of 2017 and fell 14-11. Can Mountain View avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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