South Fork is 1-9 against Arcata since October of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The South Fork Cubs will venture away from home to take on the Arcata Tigers at 1:00 p.m.
Last Wednesday, South Fork came up short against Willits and fell 3-1. The Cubs have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arcata). Their defense stepped up to hand St. Bernard's an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering the Tigers have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting St. Bernard's from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Tex Larsen led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
South Fork's loss dropped their record down to 0-2. As for Arcata, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 8-1-1.
South Fork might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from Arcata in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can South Fork avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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