The Palos Verdes Sea Kings will head out on the road to challenge the Clovis Cougars at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. Palos Verdes is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Palos Verdes is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of California's top teams: Mira Costa, who was ranked fourth at the time (Palos Verdes was ranked 17th). Palos Verdes fell just short of Mira Costa by a score of 2-1 on Monday. The loss put an end to the Sea Kings' undefeated start to the season.
Their goal came courtesy of William Knotek, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, everything went Clovis' way against Fowler last Thursday as Clovis made off with a 7-1 victory. The Cougars might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matchups by three goals or more this season.
Clovis' win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-1-3. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 25 goals over those six contests. As for Palos Verdes, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 8-1-1.
Palos Verdes took their victory against Clovis when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a conclusive 4-1. In that game, Palos Verdes amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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