The Cristo Rey Saints will stay at home for another game and welcome the Buckingham Charter Knights at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Cristo Rey is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.6 goals per game this season.
Cristo Rey is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Sacramento Country Day, who was ranked 25th in their home state at the time (Cristo Rey was ranked first). Cristo Rey was the clear victor by a 6-1 margin over Sacramento Country Day on Thursday. The Saints might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Sacramento Country Day from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Angel Cortes led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to five goals the game before, Buckingham Charter was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to Sacramento Country Day. The loss continues a trend for the Knights in their matchups with the Cavaliers: they've now lost seven in a row.
Cristo Rey pushed their record up to 8-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Buckingham Charter, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-4-2.
Everything went Cristo Rey's way against Buckingham Charter in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Cristo Rey made off with a 17-0 victory. Will Cristo Rey repeat their success, or does Buckingham Charter have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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