A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Norco duke it out with the Corona at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday... Norco is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last four games.
Norco will bounce into Saturday's contest after beating King, who they had gone 1-7-1 against in their nine prior meetings. Norco skirted past King 2-1. That's two games straight that the Cougars have won by just one goal.
Lillianna Hutchings and Makynzie McDaniel scored both of Norco's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 26 goals.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Corona's offense. They lost 9-0 to Santiago on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 341st, while the Sharks are ranked fourth).
Norco has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up three goals over those seven matches. As for Corona, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-5-1.
Norco beat Corona 2-0 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Does Norco have another victory up their sleeve, or will Corona turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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