Soccer Preview: Kimberly vs. Sun Valley Community
Kimberly and Sun Valley Community are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2020, but likely not for long. The Kimberly Bulldogs will take on the Sun Valley Community Cutthroats at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Kimberly comes in on six and Sun Valley Community on five.
Kimberly will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Gooding on Monday. Kimberly blew past Gooding 8-1. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Idaho soccer rankings (they are ranked 11th, while the Senators are ranked 68th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kimberly's offense was hitting Gooding from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Ava Harper led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Sun Valley Community kept a clean sheet against Buhl on Monday. They put the hurt on the Indians with a sharp 5-0 win. The Cutthroats' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five games.
Kimberly's victory bumped their record up to 6-0. As for Sun Valley Community, their win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-1.
Everything went Kimberly's way against Sun Valley Community in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as Kimberly made off with a 5-1 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Kimberly since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
