The North Tahoe Lakers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Incline Highlanders at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday.
North Tahoe is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: South Tahoe, who was ranked 12th in their home state at the time (North Tahoe was ranked 15th). North Tahoe came up short against South Tahoe last Monday, falling 4-1.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Incline). Their defense stepped up to hand Sage Ridge a 9-0 shutout two weeks ago. The result was nothing new for the Highlanders, who have now won six matchups by five goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Sage Ridge from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Jackson Mangiaracina led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
North Tahoe's defeat dropped their record down to 12-2-3. As for Incline, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-7-1.
North Tahoe beat Incline 2-0 in their previous meeting back in September. Does North Tahoe have another victory up their sleeve, or will Incline turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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