The Del Norte Warriors's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the McKinleyville Panthers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Del Norte is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Fortuna, who was ranked seventh in their home state at the time (Del Norte was ranked second). Del Norte never let Fortuna onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Warriors were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, McKinleyville unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak last Tuesday. They took a 3-1 hit to the loss column at the hands of Arcata. The contest was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Panthers couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Pedro Ramirez, which was the first he's scored this season.
Del Norte's win bumped their record up to 10-1. As for McKinleyville, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
Del Norte came out on top in a nail-biter against McKinleyville when the teams last played back in August, sneaking past 3-2. Will Del Norte repeat their success, or does McKinleyville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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