West Valley is 7-0 against North Pole since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The West Valley Wolf Pack will look to defend their home pitch against the North Pole Patriots at 5:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
West Valley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alaska's top teams: Lathrop, who was ranked 14th in their home state at the time (West Valley was ranked seventh). West Valley never let Lathrop onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Tuesday. The high-scoring effort was just what West Valley needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
They hit Lathrop with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Alex Emers,
Peter Hilpert,
Ebrahim Shihadeh, and
Isaac Ivie.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, North Pole made sure to put some goals up on the board against Hutchison on Monday. Everything went their way against the Hawks as they made off with a 6-2 victory.
West Valley now has a winning record of 4-3-2. As for North Pole, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season.
West Valley beat North Pole 3-1 in their previous matchup back in April of 2022. Will West Valley repeat their success, or does North Pole have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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