Del Norte is 10-0 against St. Bernard since September of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Del Norte Warriors and the St. Bernard's Crusaders are set to duel. Del Norte is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Del Norte is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Arcata, who was ranked fifth in their home state at the time (Del Norte was ranked fourth). Del Norte never let Arcata onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Warriors were the better team in the second half.
Brandt Pennington and
Greyson Franklin scored both of Del Norte's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Meanwhile, St. Bernard's was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat. They came up short against McKinleyville, falling 8-0. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Crusaders' shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
The victory made it two in a row for Del Norte and bumps their season record up to 13-3-2. As for St. Bernard's, their loss dropped their record down to 0-13.
Everything went Del Norte's way against St. Bernard's when the teams last played on October 1st, as Del Norte made off with a 12-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Del Norte 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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