The boys’ varsity football team lost to Mountain View High School by a score of 43-23 in the homecoming game on Oct. 14.
The Mountain View Spartans started off by scoring a touchdown on the first drive of the game. The score gap grew slowly but surely as the night went on, with Mountain View sustaining their lead.
“Our weakness is our passing,” junior Fabrizio Rangel said. “Sometimes the ball is out of range, and I am supposed to jump out and grab it. Speed is also another factor.”
The MHS team is still looking to improve. After a loss, Rangel added that the team thinks about next week’s game because the future is more important than the past.
“Improve on containing the outside because they’re really fast on that – that’s really where they got most of the points and yardage,” Rangel said. “Our strengths are our catching and our defense,” he added.
Senior wide receiver Tyberius Egorerua returned a kickoff for a touchdown early in the game. He was injured in the game but returned later and scored a touchdown on an 83-yard punt return.
Quarterback Zae Mims was injured in the fourth quarter, causing the game to halt as medical staff attended to him. He was taken off the field on a cart and the game resumed.
“(Zae) is back on the team,” Rangel said. “He played a couple of plays last game, but he didn’t start the whole game. I’m pretty sure he’s going to play more and more throughout the season.”
The Varsity team had 2 wins in 10 games, and they are the only team in the De Anza league not to qualify for any playoff division, according to MaxPreps statistics.
“Giving it your all,” Rangel said about what his coach has taught him this season. “Don’t be scared to do anything. We don’t have that much time left in High School so just give it your all.”