Pender has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Hobbton Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Pender is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They put the hurt on East Wake Academy with a sharp 4-1 victory. Hayden Beaver had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble the Patriots got from the refs.
Pender hit East Wake Academy with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Andrew Zheng,
Aidan Murray,
Elvis Hernandez, and
Pedro Cruz.
Meanwhile, Hobbton entered their tilt with Vance Charter on Thursday with 15 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 16. They were the clear victor by a 10-1 margin over the Knights.
Hobbton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 19 of their last 20 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5-1 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 137 goals over those 20 games. As for Pender, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-5-1.
Pender suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Hobbton when the teams last played back in August. Can Pender avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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