The Shadow Hills Knights are taking a road trip to square off against the Palm Desert Aztecs at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Shadow Hills is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Shadow Hills is headed into the matchup having not lost since December 5 and will look to keep things rolling. Their defense stepped up to hand Xavier Prep a 7-0 shutout on Wednesday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 239th, while the Saints are ranked 1118th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Shadow Hills' offense was hitting Xavier Prep from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Isaiah Tello led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Palm Desert was a bit more limited in their contest on Wednesday. They fell just short of Rancho Mirage by a score of 2-1.
Shadow Hills is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 34 goals over those seven matches. As for Palm Desert, they now have a losing record at 6-7-3.
Shadow Hills might still be hurting after the 6-1 defeat they got from Palm Desert in their previous matchup back in January of 2024. Can Shadow Hills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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