On Thursday, Lathrop faced North Pole in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Lathrop Malemutes took a hard 45-31 fall against the North Pole Patriots. The defeat continues a trend for the Malemutes in their matchups with the Patriots: they've now lost six in a row.
Lathrop's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for North Pole, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 7-4.
Lathrop will head out to take on West Valley at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Lathrop is facing West Valley at the right time seeing as West Valley is stuck on a nine-game losing streak. North Pole has already played their next match (against Delta), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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