The Massaponax Panthers will take on the Mountain View Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Massaponax is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Mountain View is facing Massaponax at the wrong time: Massaponax suffered their first home loss of the season on Friday and they're likely out for redemption. They took a blow against the Warriors, falling 47-19. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia football rankings (they are ranked 86th, while the Warriors are ranked tenth).
Although Massaponax took the loss, they still got scores from Josiah Perry, Malik Turner-Gutierrez, and Turner-Gutierrez.
Even though they lost, Massaponax was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 222 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 154 rushing yards in four consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, on FridayCentreville kept up with Mountain View until halftime, but afterwards: not so much. Mountain View blew past Centreville 40-14.
Massaponax's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Mountain View, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Massaponax suffered a grim 43-21 defeat to Mountain View in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Massaponax was down 29-0.
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