The Coronado Cougars will challenge the Palo Verde Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Coronado sitting on 12 straight wins and Palo Verde on three.
Coronado is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Las Vegas, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (Coronado was ranked first). Coronado put the hurt on Las Vegas with a sharp 4-1 victory on Monday. Fans of the Cougars have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goal.
They hit Las Vegas with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Gavin Flickinger (2),
Aiden Sena, and
Gavin Biddinger.
Meanwhile, Palo Verde kept a clean sheet against Cimarron-Memorial on Monday. Everything went their way against the Spartans as they made off with a 6-0 win. The Panthers' defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last three matchups.
Coronado's victory bumped their record up to 12-0. As for Palo Verde, they pushed their record up to 5-2-2 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Coronado beat Palo Verde 2-0 in their previous matchup back in November of 2023. Will Coronado repeat their success, or does Palo Verde have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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