The Lathrop Malemutes will head out on the road to challenge the Colony Knights at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. Lathrop will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Lathrop is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Wasilla, who was ranked third at the time (Lathrop was ranked fourth). The Malemutes' defense stepped up to hand the Warriors a 1-0 shutout on Friday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Lathrop were the better team in the second half.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Emmy Eddy, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, Colony's game on Friday was all tied up 0-0 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of West Valley by a score of 1-0. Having soared to a lofty six goals in the game before, Colony's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Colony's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-5. As for Lathrop, their victory bumped their record up to 4-1.
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