Soccer Preview: Lehighton vs. Salisbury Township
Lehighton has played every game this season on their home pitch, but they'll have to hit the road on Thursday. They will head out to challenge the Salisbury Township Falcons at 6:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Lehighton is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Moravian Academy on Friday. Lehighton came up short against Moravian Academy, falling 6-1. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 154th, while the Lions are ranked 16th).
Lehighton's goal came courtesy of
Jesse Waksmunski, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Salisbury Township was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They lost 3-0 to Northern Lehigh.
Lehighton now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Salisbury Township, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
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