The Perris Panthers will square off against the Hillcrest Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Perris is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
If Hillcrest heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Perris took over last week. Perris skirted past Lakeside 4-3. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Lancers are ranked 346th), the result back in December of 2024 wasn't entirely unexpected.
Perris hit Lakeside with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Estevan Gonzalez, Isaias Cifuentes, Daniel Chavez, and Adriel Campos.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Hillcrest was not quite Norte Vista's equal in the second half on Friday. They fell just short of the Braves by a score of 2-1. The Trojans haven't had much luck with the Braves recently, as the team's come up short the last five times they've met.
Perris pushed their record up to 8-0-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those three matchups. As for Hillcrest, they now have a losing record at 4-5-3.
Perris suffered a grim 6-0 defeat to Hillcrest in their previous matchup back in December of 2021. Can Perris avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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