The Riverbank Bruins and the Summerville Bears will meet on Tuesday for a tough Bear Battle. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Riverbank sitting on four straight wins and Summerville on eight.
Summerville better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Riverbank really get things going. Riverbank's defense stepped up to hand Bret Harte a 4-0 shutout on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Summerville won against Big Valley Christian on Tuesday with seven goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. Summerville blew past Calaveras 7-0. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won 12 contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Summerville is also on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 67 goals over those 14 matchups. As for Riverbank, their victory bumped their record up to 10-8-4.
Riverbank suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Summerville when the teams last played back in January. Can Riverbank avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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