The Warren Bears will square off against the Bellflower Buccaneers at 4:45 p.m. on Thursday. Warren will be strutting in after a victory while Bellflower will be coming in after a defeat.
Bellflower will be up against a hot Warren team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Warren never let Downey onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Bellflower fell victim to Paramount and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Pirates, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Buccaneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 388th, while the Pirates are ranked 142nd).
Warren has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-5-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 21 goals over those seven games. As for Bellflower, their loss was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 1-1-1 and their overall record down to 4-4-4.
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