Soccer Recap: St. Thomas More Drops Highest Score of Season Against Southside

Cougars

Team Score

12/11/24 @ Southside	7
11/16/24 vs Calvary Baptist Academy	5
12/03/24 vs Dutchtown	2
11/26/24 @ Vandebilt Catholic	2
11/13/24 @ Lafayette	2

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Thomas More). Their defense stepped up to hand the Southside Sharks a 7-0 shutout on Wednesday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Sharks are ranked 42nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

St. Thomas More is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-1-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 16 goals over those five games. As for Southside, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-7-1 record this season.

St. Thomas More will be home for the holidays to greet St. Michael at 2:00 p.m. on December 21st. Southside will take on Teurlings Catholic in a holiday battle at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday at.