Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arcata). Their defense stepped up to hand the St. Bernard's Crusaders an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering the Tigers have won six contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting St. Bernard's from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Tex Larsen led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
The victory was the third in a row for Arcata, bringing their record for this year to 8-1-1. As for St. Bernard's, they are on a five-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 0-5.
Arcata will be playing in front of their home fans against South Fork at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Arcata is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season. As for St. Bernard's, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Del Norte at 4:00 p.m. on October 1st.
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