Soccer Game Preview: Sierra Pacific vs. Golden West

The Sierra Pacific Golden Bears and the Golden West Trailblazers will compete for holiday cheer at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

On Tuesday, Sierra Pacific might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Hanford an easy 4-1 victory. The defeat continues a trend for the Golden Bears in their matchups with the Bullpups: they've now lost four in a row.

Meanwhile, Golden West lost 5-2 to Tulare Union on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Trailblazers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 511th, while the The Tribe are ranked 170th).

Sierra Pacific now has a losing record at 3-4-1. As for Golden West, their loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-5-2.