The Sanger West Hornets will take on the Porterville Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Sanger West comes in on three and Porterville on four.
Sanger West is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Washington Union. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Panthers are ranked 348th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Porterville had just enough and edged South out 2-1 on Tuesday.
Porterville's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-3. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those six matches. As for Sanger West, their win bumped their record up to 17-2.
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