The Reedley Pirates and the Central Grizzlies will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Reedley's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They put the hurt on Mt. Whitney with a sharp 4-0 victory. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Pirates considering their one-goal performance the game before.
They hit Mt. Whitney with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kimberly Garcia (2), Alyssa Torres, and Kendra Escobedo.
Meanwhile, after low-scoring totals in their previous three contests, Central brought some dynamite into their most recent contest. They blew past Mendota 5-1 on Saturday. While the Grizzlies didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-17-4), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Reedley is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 19 goals over those five games. As for Central, their win bumped their record up to 7-2-2.
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