The Sierra Vista Mountain Lions will venture away from home to challenge the Centennial Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Sierra Vista is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
Sierra Vista is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Liberty, who was ranked second in their home state at the time (Sierra Vista was ranked 12th). Sierra Vista came up short against Liberty on Friday, falling 5-2. The matchup was a 2-2 toss-up at halftime, but the Mountain Lions couldn't quite close it out.
Alex Campbell and
Lazzar Ramos scored both of Sierra Vista's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, Centennial kept a clean sheet against The Meadows School on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over the Mustangs. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Bulldogs.
Centennial was without their leading scorer, Josiah Martinez, in Thursday's contest. With Martinez sidelined, Marcus Lara got his first action of the season. Lara made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
The loss snapped Sierra Vista's winning streak at six games and leaves them with a 6-2 record. As for Centennial, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0-1.
Sierra Vista skirted past Centennial 4-3 in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Sierra Vista since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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