Soccer Preview: Grants vs. St. Pius X
Grants is 0-10 against St. Pius X since September of 2019 but things could change on Thursday. The Grants Pirates will welcome the St. Pius X Sartans at 5:00 p.m.
Grants is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Valencia on Tuesday. Grants came up short against Valencia, falling 7-2.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Pius X). They never let Belen onto the board and left with a 10-0 win on Tuesday. Give the Sartans' defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Belen from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Lance Yarbrough led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Grants' loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for St. Pius X, they pushed their record up to 8-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road.
Grants might still be hurting after the 10-0 defeat they got from St. Pius X in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Grants avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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