The Gooding Senators will take on the Wendell Trojans at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Gooding will be strutting in after a win while Wendell will be coming in after a defeat.
On Wednesday, Gooding needed a bit of extra time to put away Kimberly. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Senators were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Wendell faced Sun Valley Community in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Wednesday. While the 1-1 score might suggest a draw, it was Sun Valley Community who was credited with the victory. Sun Valley Community got it done in the shootout by posting three goals to Wendell's two. The Trojans were red-hot offensively headed into the contest (they scored no less than four goals in the six matchups prior) but the Cutthroats' defense proved too tough.
Wendell's goal came courtesy of
Cesar Carmargo, who's now up to 21 this season.
Gooding is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. As for Wendell, with the loss, they broke their ten-game winning streak and moved their record to 16-2-1.
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