A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars dukes it out withthe Palo Verde Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Coronado comes in on 21 and Palo Verde on five.
Coronado is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Nevada's top teams: Las Vegas, who was ranked 13th in their home state at the time (Coronado was ranked first). Coronado's defense stepped up to hand Las Vegas a 2-0 shutout on Wednesday. Give the Cougars' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Dylan Flores and
Gavin Flickinger scored both of Coronado's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 71 goals.
Meanwhile, Palo Verde sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 victory over Cimarron-Memorial on Wednesday. Even though the Panthers got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( Noah Johnson was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
Coronado pushed their record up to 21-0 with the win, which was their ninth straight at home. As for Palo Verde, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4-3 record this season.
Coronado skirted past Palo Verde 1-0 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Coronado since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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