After each having a week off, the Mountain View Mountain Lions and the Fort Morgan Mustangs will dust off their jerseys to square off against one another at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Mountain View is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 32.4 points per game this season.
Fort Morgan is hoping to do what Gateway couldn't last Friday: put an end to Mountain View's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Mountain View blew past Gateway 52-20 on the road. The result was nothing new for the Mountain Lions, who have now won three matchups by 28 points or more so far this season.
Mountain View had a senior duo take command as Kc Mendoza rushed for 152 yards on only eight carries and Jaden Saville rushed for 103 yards and a touchdown on only seven carries. Those 103 rushing yards gave Saville a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tony Schnee, who rushed for 55 yards and a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Mountain View was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 392 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Mountain View wouldn't let Gateway keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Mountain View can thank Grady Cogan and Tyson Mares-Benz for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Fort Morgan entered their contest against Eaton last Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Fort Morgan fell just short of Eaton by a score of 14-12. Having soared to a lofty 50 points in the game before, the Mustangs couldn't push the score so high this time.
Fort Morgan didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Angel Lopez and Yeteli Busonera. Fort Morgan got some further help from Wyatt Patterson: he made nine total tackles (5.0 for loss).
Mountain View's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Fort Morgan, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Mountain View might still be hurting after the 35-14 loss they got from Fort Morgan in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. Can Mountain View avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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