It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Golden Valley Cougars had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They walked away with a 4-2 victory over the Golden Eagles. Winning may never get old, but Golden Valley sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Carlos Miranda and
Jose Ontiveros, who scored all four of Golden Valley's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 65 so far this season.
Del Oro's lineup was just a bit different on Saturday as Ayden Scammacca got a bit more time on the pitch (80 vs. his season average of 50). Scammacca made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Golden Valley's win bumped their record up to 21-2-2. As for Del Oro, their loss dropped their record down to 12-4-6.
Golden Valley will be playing in front of their home fans against Las Lomas at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Las Lomas will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Golden Valley surely won't give up without a fight. Del Oro will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against El Diamante at 5:00 p.m. on February 27th. El Diamante will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps California Rankings (they are ranked 151st, while Del Oro is ranked 42nd).
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