Soccer Preview: Clarion-Limestone vs. Brookville
The Clarion-Limestone Lions will square off against the Brookville Raiders at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Brookville is hoping to do what St. Marys couldn't on Monday: put an end to Clarion-Limestone's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Clarion-Limestone put the hurt on St. Marys with a sharp 7-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won nine contests by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting St. Marys from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Martin Ormeno led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Brookville). They were the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over Punxsutawney on Wednesday. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but the Raiders were the better team in the second half.
Clarion-Limestone pushed their record up to 9-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Brookville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-6-1.
Everything went Clarion-Limestone's way against Brookville in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, as Clarion-Limestone made off with a 5-0 victory. Will Clarion-Limestone repeat their success, or does Brookville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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