The Corning Cardinals will venture away from home to square off against the Gridley Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It was a proper cat-fight when Corning took on Oroville on Thursday. Corning's defense stepped up to hand Oroville a 3-0 shutout. The win was familiar territory for the Cardinals who have now won three matchups in a row.
Osbaldo Flores and Jorge Herrera scored all three of Corning's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 25 goals.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last game, Gridley made sure to put some goals up on the board against Oroville on Tuesday. They blew past the Tigers 7-0. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 259th, while the Tigers are ranked 1123rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gridley was without their leading scorer, Nolan Weagant, in Tuesday's contest. With Weagant sidelined, Gerardo Negrete got his first action of the season.
Corning has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-3 record this season. As for Gridley, their victory bumped their record up to 13-2-2.
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