Preview: Pittsburg vs. Pleasant Grove
Pittsburg and Pleasant Grove are an even 5-5 against one another since March of 2019, but likely not for long. The Pittsburg Pirates will head out on the road to take on the Pleasant Grove Hawks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pittsburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
In what's become a running theme this season, Pittsburg gave their fans yet another huge victory on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand Liberty-Eylau a 9-0 shutout. The win was just what Pittsburg needed coming off of a 4-1 loss in their prior contest.
Their offense was hitting Liberty-Eylau from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Pleasant Grove's good fortune finally ran out on Monday. They fell just short of Paris by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty ten goals in the game before, Pleasant Grove couldn't push the score so high this time.
Pittsburg's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-5-1. As for Pleasant Grove, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-3.
Pittsburg suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Pleasant Grove when the teams last played back in February. Can Pittsburg avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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