North Pole is 2-8 against Lathrop since November of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The North Pole Patriots will head out to take on the Lathrop Malemutes at 4:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
North Pole is headed into Friday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their seventh straight game on Wednesday. They came up short against West Valley, falling 3-0. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest defeat the Patriots have suffered since October 24th.
The match finished with set scores of 25-21, 25-13, 25-19.
Meanwhile, Lathrop faced Palmer in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Saturday. Lathrop fell 2-0 to Palmer. The Malemutes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lathrop was held off the scoreboard, but that almost wasn't the case: they kept the second set very close. The final score came out to 25-18, 25-22.
North Pole's record now sits at 9-21-3. As for Lathrop, their record now sits at 36-9-2.
North Pole suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Lathrop when the teams last played back in October. Can North Pole avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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