Soccer Preview: Shamokin Area vs. Montoursville
Shamokin Area hasn't had much luck against Montoursville recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Shamokin Area Indians will host the Montoursville Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Shamokin Area took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They never let Southern Columbia Area onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. The victory was some much needed relief for the Indians as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Meanwhile, Montoursville entered their contest against Central Columbia on Tuesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Montoursville fell just short of Central Columbia by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Bluejays are ranked fourth).
Montoursville's goal came courtesy of
Quinn Winslow, who's now up to five this season.
Shamokin Area pushed their record up to 3-5 with that win, which was their third straight at home. As for Montoursville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-2.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
