Soccer Preview: Fairview vs. North East
The Fairview Tigers are on the road again on Monday to play the North East Grape Pickers at 5:30 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fairview is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Cathedral Prep, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Fairview was ranked fifth). Fairview had just enough and edged Cathedral Prep out 2-1. That's two games straight that the Tigers have won by just one goal.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask North East). They never let Sharpsville onto the board and left with an 11-0 victory on Saturday. It was an even better day for Joel Morey as he scored three goals for his team.
Fairview's win was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 14-2. As for North East, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 13-3.
Fairview came up short against North East when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. Can Fairview avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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