The Wasilla Warriors will head out on the road to challenge the West Anchorage Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Wasilla is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Kodiak, who was ranked 16th in their home state at the time (Wasilla was ranked 17th). Wasilla's defense stepped up to hand Kodiak a 7-0 shutout on Saturday. That seven goal margin sets a new team best for Wasilla this season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for West Anchorage, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Bettye Davis East Anchorage on Friday as West Anchorage made off with a 9-0 win. The result was nothing new for West Anchorage, who have now won four matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Bettye Davis East Anchorage from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Bennett Main led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
The victory made it two in a row for Wasilla and bumps their season record up to 7-8. As for West Anchorage, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-2 record this season.
Wasilla suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to West Anchorage when the teams last played back in April of 2022. Can Wasilla avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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