Recap: Valley vs. Rio Linda
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Valley Vikings had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Knights a 1-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for Valley who now have four in a row.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Octavio Mendoza, who's now up to ten this season.
Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-4-4 record this season. As for Rio Linda, their defeat dropped their record down to 20-5-2.
Valley is on the road again on Thursday and plays Pacheco at 7:00 p.m. on February 22nd. Pacheco will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 204th, while Valley is ranked 100th). Rio Linda does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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