The Hobbs Eagles have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Piedra Vista Panthers at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hobbs' defense has only allowed 0.4 goals per game this season, so Piedra Vista's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Hobbs is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Mexico's top teams: Organ Mountain, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (Hobbs was ranked first). Hobbs never let Organ Mountain onto the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Tuesday. Two seems to be a good number for the Eagles as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, after low-scoring totals in their previous three contests, Piedra Vista brought some dynamite into their most recent contest. They blew past Clovis 6-0 on Friday. With that victory, the Panthers brought their scoring average up to 2.6 goals per game.
They hit Clovis with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Marquel Peace (2),
Danica Krakow (2), and
Aaliyah Anaya.
Hobbs pushed their record up to 8-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Piedra Vista, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
Hobbs came out on top in a nail-biter against Piedra Vista when the teams last played back in August, sneaking past 2-1. Does Hobbs have another victory up their sleeve, or will Piedra Vista turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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