The Centennial Golden Hawks will square off against the Garces Memorial Rams at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Centennial's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Frontier 1-0. Sawyer Sackewitz had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Golden Hawks.
Meanwhile, Garces Memorial has been on a difficult stretch since their win on December 13. They and Bakersfield Christian finished up on equal footing with a 0-0 draw on Tuesday.
Centennial has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6-1 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those six matches. Garces Memorial's draw makes their record 4-5-4 this season.
Everything went Centennial's way against Garces Memorial in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, as Centennial made off with a 3-0 victory. Will Centennial repeat their success, or does Garces Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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