Westwood hasn't had much luck against Mountain View recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Westwood Warriors will head out to face off against the Mountain View Toros at 7:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Westwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Dobson 48-14 on the road on Friday. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 48-0.
Elliot Reed continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 65 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries, while also throwing for 93 yards and two touchdowns. Westwood also got a significant boost from Keshawn Barkus, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 93 yards.
Another reason for the win was Westwood's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for four sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Preston Atwood and James Marshall, who racked up all four sacks between them.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Mountain View over Desert Ridge in every quarter on their way to victory on Friday. Mountain View's defense stepped up to hand Desert Ridge a 54-0 shutout. The matchup marked the Toros' most dominant victory of the season so far.
Brady Goodman was his usual excellent self, throwing for 276 yards and five touchdowns, while also punching in a touchdown on the ground. With that strong performance, he is now averaging an impressive 3.2 passing touchdowns per game. Talan Arnett did his part for the team as well, scoring a TD off of 98 receiving yards.
The win made it two in a row for Westwood and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Mountain View, their record now sits at 4-1.
Thursday's game will pit two of the most dominant signal callers against one another: Reed and Goodman. Reed has put up some stellar numbers this year, and currently owns excellent season averages 130.6 passing yards and has 6 passing touchdowns on the season. For his part, Goodman has averaged 228.4 passing yards and has 16 passing touchdowns on the season.
Westwood took a serious blow against Mountain View in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 49-0. Can Westwood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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