The Cardinal Newman Cardinals will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Newark Memorial Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on March 2nd. Hopefully Cardinal Newman is not getting complacent considering they own a much higher rank in California (they are ranked 14th, while Newark Memorial is ranked 61st).
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Cardinal Newman had no problem doing just that on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 1-0 shutout.
Meanwhile, Newark Memorial put the finishing touches on their 14th blowout victory of the season on Thursday. They blew past Pleasant Valley 4-1. The win made it back-to-back wins for Newark Memorial.
They hit Pleasant Valley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ibrahim Ahmed (2),
Noel Cabrales, and
Jose Gomez.
Cardinal Newman has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 24-2-2 record this season. As for Newark Memorial, they pushed their record up to 23-1-3 with that victory, which was their 14th straight at home.
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