The Benjamin Franklin Chargers and the Yuma Catholic Shamrocks will compete for holiday cheer at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Benjamin Franklin will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Friday, then bounced right back against Thatcher on Saturday. Benjamin Franklin put the hurt on Thatcher with a sharp 4-1 win. The contest marked the Chargers' most dominant victory of the season so far.
They hit Thatcher with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Brynn Hakes (2), Mercy King, and Delin Peterson.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Yuma Catholic, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Cibola a 1-0 shutout on Saturday.
Yuma Catholic is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 3-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 12 goals over those four games. As for Benjamin Franklin, their win bumped their record up to 3-1-1.
Everything went Benjamin Franklin's way against Yuma Catholic when the teams last played back in November of 2021, as Benjamin Franklin made off with a 6-0 victory. Will Benjamin Franklin repeat their success, or does Yuma Catholic have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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