After two games on the road, Mountain House is heading back home. They will face off against the Central Catholic Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Mountain House's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Manteca last Friday. They had to suffer through a 56-0 loss at the hands of the Buffaloes. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 584th, while the Buffaloes are ranked 62nd).
Meanwhile, Central Catholic strolled past Oakdale with points to spare on Friday, taking the game 46-27. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Joey Alcutt and Wes Burford. Alcutt had a great game and rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only 15 carries. Meanwhile, Burford was balling out in the loss, rushing for 153 yards and two touchdowns.
One reason for the win was Central Catholic's imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for three sacks. In that department, Titus Leota was the leader with two. Central Catholic is undefeated when Leota posts two or more sacks, but 2-3 otherwise.
Mountain House's loss was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-8. As for Central Catholic, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
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