North Valley has gone 3-0 against Illinois Valley recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The North Valley Knights will be staying on the road to face off against the Illinois Valley Cougars at 4:30 p.m.
North Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against St. Mary's on Monday. They fell just short of the Crusaders by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, Illinois Valley had already won two in a row, and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Mustangs a 4-0 shutout. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Oregon soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Mustangs are ranked 46th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Illinois Valley hit Hidden Valley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Servando Vargas (2),
Grit Charitram, and
Joshua Wood.
North Valley's loss dropped their record down to 2-2-1. As for Illinois Valley, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 3-0.
Everything went North Valley's way against Illinois Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 as North Valley made off with an 8-2 victory. In that matchup, North Valley amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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