There was early excitement for Pinole Valley after they claimed the first goal on Thursday, however, they wouldn't score again. They fell 3-1 to the Richmond Oilers. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 490th, while the Oilers are ranked 205th).
Pinole Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 3-5-5. As for Richmond, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-2-4.
Pinole Valley will head out to challenge Salesian College Preparatory at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Pinole Valley is facing Salesian College Preparatory at the right time seeing as Salesian College Preparatory is stuck on a three-game losing streak. Richmond has already played their next matchup (against Livermore), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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