Monte Vista is 1-9 against Centauri since October of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Monte Vista Pirates will head out on the road to face off against the Centauri Falcons at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a five-game winning streak alive.
Monte Vista put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They claimed a resounding 58-6 win over Center on the road. Monte Vista pushed the score to 58-0 by the end of the third, a deficit Center cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Centauri put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Friday. They breezed by Ignacio on the road to the tune of 38-6.
Monte Vista's win was their fifth straight on the road, which bumped their overall record up to 6-2. That said, the team wasn't facing the toughest opposition over that stretch, as it included 0-8 Center and 0-8 Trinidad (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 25% over those games). As for Centauri, their win bumped their record up to 6-2.
Monte Vista came up short against Centauri in their previous matchup back in October of 2022, falling 28-24. Can Monte Vista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.