The Harker Eagles will face off against the Crystal Springs Uplands Gryphons at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. Harker is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
Last Wednesday, everything went Harker's way against King's Academy as Harker made off with a 5-2 win. With the Eagles ahead 4-1 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
They hit King's Academy with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Cyrus Ghane (2), Vinayak Sinha, Vova Schegrov, and Alec Zhang.
Meanwhile, Crystal Springs Uplands kept a clean sheet against Eastside College Prep on Wednesday. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 2-0. Given the Gryphons' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 190th, while the Panthers are ranked 1022nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory made it two in a row for Harker and bumps their season record up to 5-3-1. As for Crystal Springs Uplands, their win bumped their record up to 9-2-1.
Harker skirted past Crystal Springs Uplands 2-1 in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Will Harker repeat their success, or does Crystal Springs Uplands have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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