The Poly Bears will take on the Valley View Eagles at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Poly beats Valley View with two goals on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Poly had just enough and edged Paloma Valley out 2-1 on Tuesday. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Wildcats are ranked 493rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jonathan Hernandez and Eric Barbarin scored both of Poly's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Meanwhile, Valley View beat Hemet 3-1 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Eagles have won by exactly two goals.
Valley View is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2-1 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those nine matchups. As for Poly, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-2-2.
Poly came up short against Valley View when the teams last played back in January of 2024, falling 2-0. Can Poly avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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