The Academy for Academic Excellence Knights are taking a road trip to take on the Norton Science & Language Academy Rockets at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Academy for Academic Excellence is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They walked away with a 6-4 win over Redlands Adventist Academy on Tuesday. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Knights with their most commanding win of the season.
Their offense was hitting Redlands Adventist Academy from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Isaac Murcia led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Norton Science & Language Academy put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their undefeated season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand United Christian Academy a 5-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Rockets, who have now won three contests by four goals or more so far this season.
Something new happened on Thursday as Hageo Figueroa saw his first action of the season, playing 50 minutes against United Christian Academy. Figueroa made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
The victory got Academy for Academic Excellence back to even at 3-3. As for Norton Science & Language Academy, their win bumped their record up to 5-0-1.
Academy for Academic Excellence skirted past Norton Science & Language Academy 1-0 in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Academy for Academic Excellence since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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