Recap: Golden Valley vs. Del Oro
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Golden Valley Cougars had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 4-2 victory over the Golden Eagles. Winning may never get old, but Golden Valley sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Carlos Miranda and
Jose Ontiveros, who scored all four of Golden Valley's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 65 so far this season.
Del Oro's lineup was just a bit different on Saturday as Ayden Scammacca got a bit more time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 50). Scammacca made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Golden Valley's win bumped their record up to 21-2-2. As for Del Oro, their loss dropped their record down to 12-4-6.
Golden Valley will be playing in front of their home fans against Las Lomas at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Las Lomas will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Golden Valley surely won't give up without a fight. Del Oro will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against El Diamante at 5:00 p.m. on February 27th. El Diamante 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 151st, while Del Oro is ranked 42nd).
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