Soccer Preview: Central Columbia vs. Milton
Central Columbia is 8-0 against Milton since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Central Columbia Bluejays have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Milton Black Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
If Central Columbia beats Milton with five goals on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Central Columbia blew past Warrior Run 5-2 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Milton kept a clean sheet against Towanda on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Black Knights with a sharp 5-0 win. Given the Black Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Black Knights are ranked 305th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Central Columbia's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-1. As for Milton, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which somehow still isn't as good as their 14-1-2 record this season.
Everything went Central Columbia's way against Milton in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, as Central Columbia made off with a 4-0 win. Will Central Columbia repeat their success, or does Milton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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