The Empire Ravens and the Westview Knights will round out the year against one another at at 12:30 p.m. on Friday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Empire comes in on three and Westview on seven.
If Westview heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Empire took over last week. Empire sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Cholla last Monday.
While Westview didn't have the best season last year (they finished 0-12), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They came out on top against Peoria by a score of 3-1 on Wednesday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Panthers are ranked 71st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Erick Bello and Dante Acosta scored all three of Westview's goals, bringing their combined season tally to six goals.
Empire's victory bumped their record up to 3-0. As for Westview, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
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