Lathrop hasn't had much luck against West Valley recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The Malemutes will take on the Wolf Pack at 7:30 p.m.
Lathrop is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Wasilla, who was ranked 15th at the time (Lathrop was ranked 13th). The Malemutes fell just short of the Warriors by a score of 1-0 on Friday. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Lathrop couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, West Valley had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Thursday. They came out on top against the Warriors by a score of 4-2.
West Valley hit Wasilla with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Forrest Wiegand, Quinn Willis, Cole Stumpf, and Koen Aitken.
Lathrop's defeat dropped their record down to 2-6. As for West Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Lathrop suffered a grim 7-0 defeat to West Valley in their previous matchup on Tuesday. Can the Malemutes avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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