Soccer Preview: Papillion-LaVista vs. Creighton Prep
Papillion-LaVista is 0-9 against Creighton Prep since March of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Papillion-LaVista Monarchs will challenge the Creighton Prep Junior Jays at 1:00 p.m. The pair are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Papillion-LaVista will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Omaha North on Monday. Papillion-LaVista's defense stepped up to hand Omaha North a 4-0 shutout. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Papillion-LaVista's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit Omaha North with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Brody Thober,
Darian Barragan,
Jake Medina, and
Alex McCann.
Meanwhile, Creighton Prep had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals), and they went ahead and made it 11 on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over the Cardinals. Creighton Prep's win was all the more impressive since South Sioux City was averaging only 0.5 goals allowed on the season.
Papillion-LaVista's victory bumped their record up to 5-8. As for Creighton Prep, they pushed their record up to 14-1 with that win, which was their ninth straight at home.
Papillion-LaVista came up short against Creighton Prep when the teams last played back in April of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Papillion-LaVista avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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