The Central East Bengals will square off against the Clovis Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Central East has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since January 9.
On Friday, Central East didn't have quite enough to beat Clovis East and fell 4-3. While losing is never fun, Central East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 532nd, while Clovis East are ranked 147th).
Meanwhile, Clovis hadn't done well against Clovis West recently (they were 0-7-2 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. The Cougars blew past the Golden Eagles 6-2. The result was nothing new for Clovis, who have now won nine contests by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Clovis West with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Christian Orpinenda (3), Felix Ponce, Necalli Elisarraraz, and Taylor Littrell.
Clovis pushed their record up to 17-2-5 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 12 goals over those three matchups. As for Central East, their loss dropped their record down to 5-13-4.
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