The Sanger West Hornets will face off against the Madera Coyotes at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Sanger West will be strutting in after a victory while Madera will be coming in after a loss.
Sanger West's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over Roosevelt. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 180th, while the Rough Riders are ranked 376th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Matthew Velarde and Daniel Mendoza scored both of Sanger West's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Madera was not quite San Joaquin Memorial's equal in the second half on Thursday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 2-1.
Sanger West is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 17 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2-6 record this season. As for Madera, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-15-4.
Sanger West was able to grind out a solid victory over Madera when the teams last played back in January, winning 2-0. Does Sanger West have another victory up their sleeve, or will Madera turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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