The Apple Valley Sun Devils are taking a road trip to face off against the Granite Hills Cougars at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday. Apple Valley's last three games have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Apple Valley is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Redlands East Valley on Tuesday. Apple Valley fell just short of Redlands East Valley by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Sun Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 459th, while the Wildcats are ranked 148th).
Apple Valley's goal came courtesy of Emmanuel Ramirez, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, Granite Hills entered their tilt with Serrano on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Diamondbacks.
Granite Hills' victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1-1. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three contests. As for Apple Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 1-3-3.
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