Soccer Preview: Shikellamy vs. Central Mountain
The Shikellamy Braves will square off against the Central Mountain Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Shikellamy is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home.
Shikellamy managed to keep up with Midd-West until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Shikellamy lost 4-0 to Midd-West. While losing is never fun, the Braves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 231st, while the Mustangs are ranked 29th).
Meanwhile, Central Mountain hadn't done well against Selinsgrove recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Central Mountain came out on top against Selinsgrove by a score of 3-1. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Wildcats were the better team in the second half.
Lincoln Breon and
Cole Cooper scored all three of Central Mountain's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Shikellamy's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Central Mountain, the victory got them back to even at 6-6-1.
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