Soccer Preview: CORE Butte vs. Loyalton
CORE Butte has gone 10-0 against Loyalton recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The CORE Butte Lynx will head out to face off against the Loyalton Grizzlies at 4:00 p.m.
CORE Butte is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Paradise Adventist Academy on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Cougars. Considering the last time the Lynx couldn't score was back in August, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Loyalton). Everything went their way against Portola on Thursday as Loyalton made off with a 12-1 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Grizzlies considering their one-goal performance the contest before.
Their offense was hitting Portola from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Omar Hernandez led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
CORE Butte's loss dropped their record down to 5-4-1. As for Loyalton, the win snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 2-4 record.
CORE Butte took their victory against Loyalton in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a conclusive 10-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for CORE Butte since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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