The Salpointe Catholic Lancers will face off against the Nogales Apaches at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Salpointe Catholic's favor is that they have posted at least four goals in their last 12 contests.
Salpointe Catholic's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Sahuaro with a sharp 8-0 win. Considering the Lancers have won 13 games by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Sahuaro with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Leo Gutierrez (4), Santiago Perez (2), Diegoctavio Garcia Yanez, and Luis Garcia-Leyva.
Meanwhile, Nogales won against Maricopa on Friday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Wednesday. Nogales walked away with a 2-0 victory over Cienega. The win was all the more spectacular given the Apaches' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arizona soccer rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Bobcats are ranked 16th).
Salpointe Catholic's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-1. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those five contests. As for Nogales, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-6.
Everything went Salpointe Catholic's way against Nogales when the teams last played back in November of 2022, as Salpointe Catholic made off with a 4-0 victory. Will Salpointe Catholic repeat their success, or does Nogales have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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