The Mills Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the San Mateo Bearcats at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Mills will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
Mills will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up 12 points last Wednesday, then bounced right back against Sequoia on Wednesday. Everything went Mills' way against Sequoia as Mills made off with a 39-14 win. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' California football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Ravens are ranked 474th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, San Mateo was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 32-26 to Capuchino.
San Mateo's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kayla Lichaa, who threw for 161 yards and four touchdowns while completing 85.7% of her passes, and Valentina Gomez Palacio, who gained 83 total yards and two touchdowns. San Mateo is 5-2 when Lichaa posts three or more passing touchdowns, but 0-3 otherwise.
Even though they lost, San Mateo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 201 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Mills pushed their record up to 5-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. As for San Mateo, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-5 record this season.
Mills strolled past San Mateo in their previous meeting back in September of 2023 by a score of 26-12. Does Mills have another victory up their sleeve, or will San Mateo turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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