Mountain View is on a 14-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Wilsonville is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Mountain View Cougars face off against the Wilsonville Wildcats at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Mountain View is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. Everything went their way against West Albany as Mountain View made off with a 40-17 win. Considering the Cougars have won ten matches by more than 19 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Wilsonville faced Silverton in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Wilsonville skirted past Silverton 32-29.
Mark Wiepert was his usual excellent self, rushing for 163 yards and a touchdown while picking up 8.6 yards per carry, and also throwing for 264 yards and three touchdowns on only 16 passes. His longest rush was for an incredible 75 yards. Keona Tam was another key player, picking up 107 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
Another reason for the win was Wilsonville's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for seven sacks. Riddick Molatore was especially locked on to Silverton's QB and sacked him twice. Another thorn in Silverton's side was Carter Christiansen, who picked up a sack, made nine total tackles, and defended two passes.
Wilsonville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29 points. As for Mountain View, their victory bumped their record up to 12-0.
Mountain View came up short against Wilsonville in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 29-23. Thankfully for Mountain View, Kallen Gutridge (who threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns, and also rushed for 88 yards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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