White Pine is 0-4 against Elko since August of 2018 but things could change on Saturday. The White Pine Bobcats will take on the Elko Indians at 10:00 a.m.
White Pine is headed into Saturday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They came up short against Spring Creek, falling 6-0. Considering the last time the Bobcats couldn't score was back in September, the team can't take the result too hard.
Meanwhile, Elko had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Friday. They had just enough and edged the Wolverines out 4-3. The score was all tied up 2-2 at the break, but the Indians were the better team in the second half.
Jonathan Gosda and
Sorel Barajas scored all four of Elko's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 47 goals.
White Pine's defeat dropped their record down to 3-11. As for Elko, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-2-1 record this season.
White Pine might still be hurting after the 7-1 loss they got from Elko in their previous meeting back in September. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point White Pine was down 3-0.
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