The Granite Hills Cougars and the Murrieta Mesa Rams will round out the year against one another at at 9:50 a.m. on Friday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Granite Hills is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Apple Valley just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Thursday. They lost 4-1 to the Sun Devils. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Sun Devils are ranked fifth).
Granite Hills' goal came courtesy of Lianna Tsabur, who's now up to 14 this season.
Meanwhile, Murrieta Mesa kept a clean sheet against Orange Vista on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Coyotes, sneaking past 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Rams were the better team in the second half.
Murrieta Mesa's first victory this season bumped their record up to 1-2. As for Granite Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2.
Granite Hills came up short against Murrieta Mesa when the teams last played back in December of 2019, falling 2-0. Can Granite Hills avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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