Soccer Recap: Garces Memorial Victorious

Garces Memorial pushed their score to five the last time they played El Diamante, but on Thursday they couldn't quite do it again. The Garces Memorial Rams' defense stepped up to hand the El Diamante Miners a 1-0 shutout. Olivia Garcia had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Rams.

Garces Memorial's win bumped their record up to 6-0-1. As for El Diamante, the loss snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 9-8 record.

Garces Memorial and El Diamante should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps California Rankings. Garces Memorial (ranked 38th) will meet Frontier (ranked 350th) at 12:40 p.m. on Thursday. Garces Memorial's defense has only allowed 0.3 goals per game this season, so El Diamante's offense will have their work cut out for them. Meanwhile, El Diamante (ranked 409th) will meet California City (ranked 916th) at 1:50 p.m. on Thursday.