The Rancho Christian Eagles will venture away from home to take on the Hillcrest Trojans at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Rancho Christian has struggled recently with 14 defeats in a row, while Hillcrest will arrive with three straight wins.
Rancho Christian managed to keep up with Heritage until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Rancho Christian came up short against Heritage, falling 6-2.
Meanwhile, Hillcrest's and Perris' matchup on Thursday was close at halftime, but Hillcrest turned on the heat in the second half with two goals. Hillcrest's defense stepped up to hand Perris a 3-0 shutout. Considering the Trojans have won six games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Devin Jenkins and Bruno Silau scored all three of Hillcrest's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 16 goals.
Hillcrest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 8-6-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those five matches. As for Rancho Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 0-14.
Rancho Christian might still be hurting after the 11-0 defeat they got from Hillcrest when the teams last played on January 9th. Can Rancho Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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