The Holtville Vikings will head out on the road to face off against the Brawley Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Holtville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Holtville fell victim to Imperial and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 870th, while the Tigers are ranked 416th).
Meanwhile, Brawley unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Central by a score of 3-2.
Diego Padilla wasn't going to let Central walk away unscathed as he scored both of Brawley's goals, bringing his season total up to 19 goals.
Brawley's loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 11-6-2. As for Holtville, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-8-1.
Holtville came up short against Brawley in their previous meeting back in February of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Holtville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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