The West Park Panthers and the Sheldon Huskies will round out the year against one another at at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (West Park has three straight wins, Sheldon has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Sheldon better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when West Park really get things going. West Park's defense stepped up to hand Vanden a 3-0 shutout on Saturday. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly three goals.
Bella Madigan and Nylea Esteban-Avilla scored all three of West Park's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Meanwhile, there was early excitement for Sheldon after they claimed the first goal on Friday, however, they wouldn't score again. They fell just short of Laguna Creek by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 703rd, while the Cardinals are ranked 281st).
West Park's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Sheldon, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-5-1.
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