The West Valley Wolf Pack will head out on the road to challenge the Lathrop Malemutes at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
West Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Colony, who was ranked third in their home state at the time (West Valley was ranked tenth). West Valley fell just short of Colony by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. Having soared to a lofty five goals in the game before, West Valley's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Lathrop can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent contest on Saturday. Everything went their way against Wasilla as Lathrop made off with a 5-1 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what Lathrop needed considering they were shutout in their previous match.
They hit Wasilla with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Gavin Wilson (2),
Inigo Armendariz (2), and
Landon Manley.
West Valley's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3-2. As for Lathrop, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season.
West Valley beat Lathrop 2-0 when the teams last played back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for West Valley 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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