The De La Salle Spartans will venture away from home to take on the Dougherty Valley Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
De La Salle is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Clayton Valley Charter. The victory was nothing new for the Spartans as they're now sitting on four straight.
Namir Shlah and Ronan Rattigan scored both of De La Salle's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 24 goals.
Meanwhile, Dougherty Valley kept a clean sheet against Berkeley on Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Yellowjackets 1-0. Give the Wildcats' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Dougherty Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 14 contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 18-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 44 goals over those 14 matchups. De La Salle's win bumped their record up to 17-3.
De La Salle was able to grind out a solid victory over Dougherty Valley when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 3-1. Will De La Salle repeat their success, or does Dougherty Valley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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