The Valley Christian Warriors and the Menlo-Atherton Bears will compete for holiday cheer at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Valley Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
Menlo-Atherton is hoping to do what King's Academy couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Valley Christian's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Valley Christian never let King's Academy onto the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The Warriors' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three contests.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Grace Morton, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Menlo-Atherton was forced to settle for a draw. Neither they nor Palo Alto could gain the upper hand on Thursday so the two teams had to settle for a 2-2 draw.
Valley Christian pushed their record up to 5-0-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three games. With that draw, Menlo-Atherton's record moves to 1-2-1.
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