The Silverado Hawks will face off against the Granite Hills Cougars at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Granite Hills heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Silverado took over last week. Silverado narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Victor Valley 2-1.
Giovanni Villegas and Isaiah Molina scored both of Silverado's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Meanwhile, Granite Hills waltzed into their match on Wednesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They walked away with a 4-2 win over the Aztecs. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Aztecs are ranked 422nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Granite Hills pushed their record up to 16-1-2 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 24 goals over those eight games. As for Silverado, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-11-3 record this season.
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