Maranatha hasn't had much luck against Valley Christian recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Maranatha Minutemen will host the Valley Christian Defenders at 5:30 p.m.
Maranatha is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Whittier Christian on Tuesday. They lost 4-0 to the Heralds.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Valley Christian). Their defense stepped up to hand Heritage Christian an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. The victory was nothing new for the Defenders as they're now sitting on four straight.
Valley Christian pushed their record up to 7-5-1 with the win, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three matchups. As for Maranatha, their loss dropped their record down to 8-8.
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