The Gonzaga Prep Bullpups will challenge the Richland Bombers at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Gonzaga Prep's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Richland's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Richland will be up against a hot Gonzaga Prep team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. The Bullpups never let Cheney get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory on Friday. Given Gonzaga Prep's advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 29th, while Cheney are ranked 199th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, after a string of 12 wins, Richland's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They fell just short of Pasco by a score of 1-0. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but Richland couldn't quite close it out.
Gonzaga Prep's win bumped their record up to 8-1-3. As for Richland, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 11-1 and their overall record down to 13-2.
Gonzaga Prep beat Richland by a goal in their previous meeting back in May of 2019, winning 2-1. Will the Bullpups repeat their success, or do the Bombers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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