The Bishop Gorman Gaels will face off against the Virgin Valley Bulldogs at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Bishop Gorman is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Arbor View, who was ranked 17th at the time (Bishop Gorman was ranked 13th). The Gaels fell just short of the Aggies by a score of 4-3 two weeks ago. Chase Stewart probably wasn't too happy after the matchup: he scored every single goal for Bishop Gorman and still walked away on the losing team.
Meanwhile, Virgin Valley managed to keep up with Chaparral until halftime on Tuesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Bulldogs came up short against the Cowboys, falling 3-0.
Virgin Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 6-2-4. As for Bishop Gorman, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1-1 and their overall record down to 6-5-2.
Everything went Bishop Gorman's way against Virgin Valley in their previous matchup back in March of 2021, as Bishop Gorman made off with a 10-0 victory. Will the Gaels repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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