Soccer Preview: Rockwood vs. Southern Huntingdon County
The Rockwood Rockets will square off against the Southern Huntingdon County Rockets at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Rockwood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Rockwood took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 7-2 margin over Northern Bedford County. Considering the Rockets have won four matchups by more than four goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Northern Bedford County from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Austin Reel led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Southern Huntingdon County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against Fannett Metal, falling 13-0. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 552nd, while the are ranked 34th).
The victory snapped Rockwood's losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-6-1 record. As for Southern Huntingdon County, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-11.
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