The Valley Christian Warriors will take on the Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Fightin' Irish at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Having struggled with seven defeats in a row, Valley Christian turned things around against Archbishop Mitty on Wednesday. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over the Monarchs. The win was all the more spectacular given the Warriors' disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 720th, while the Monarchs are ranked 138th).
Isaac Wong and Isaiah Muse scored all three of Valley Christian's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory's game on Wednesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top against Saint Francis by a score of 3-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Fightin' Irish.
Valley Christian's victory ended a five-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-10-1. As for Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-7-4 record this season.
Valley Christian came up short against Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory in their previous matchup back in January, falling 3-1. Can Valley Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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