Soccer Preview: Punxsutawney vs. Northern Potter
The Punxsutawney Chucks will venture away from home to face off against the Northern Potter Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. Punxsutawney has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since September 9.
Punxsutawney's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Clarion-Limestone on Monday. They came up short against the Lions, falling 13-0. While losing is never fun, the Chucks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 539th, while the Lions are ranked 113th).
Meanwhile, Northern Potter hadn't done well against Coudersport recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Monday. Northern Potter came out on top in a nail-biter against Coudersport , sneaking past 3-2. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by just one goal.
Ty Daniels and
Jon Crawford scored all three of Northern Potter's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 11 goals.
Punxsutawney's defeat dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Northern Potter, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-11 record this season.
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