Soccer Preview: Epiphany vs. John Paul II Catholic
The Epiphany Falcons will venture away from home to challenge the John Paul II Catholic Saints at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Epiphany will come in still looking for their first win of the season.
Epiphany's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Wayne Country Day on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Chargers. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 489th, while the Chargers are ranked 201st).
Meanwhile, John Paul II Catholic kept a clean sheet against Jacksonville Christian Academy on Thursday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Conquerors. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Saints.
Jeremiah Makoko was the driving force of John Paul II Catholic's attack as he scored both of John Paul II Catholic's goals, bringing his season total up to five goals.
Epiphany's defeat dropped their record down to 0-12. As for John Paul II Catholic, their victory bumped their record up to 7-2.
Epiphany suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to John Paul II Catholic in their previous matchup back in August. Can Epiphany avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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