Soccer Preview: Crestwood vs. Hazleton Area
Crestwood has gone 6-0 against Hazleton Area recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Crestwood Comets will welcome the Hazleton Area Cougars at 4:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Crestwood has three straight wins, Hazleton Area has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Crestwood will bounce into Thursday's contest after beating Dallas, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Crestwood walked away with a 4-2 victory over Dallas on Monday. Given the Comets' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Mountaineers are ranked 201st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hazleton Area lost 4-1 to Berwick on Monday.
Crestwood's win bumped their record up to 3-0-1. As for Hazleton Area, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Crestwood took their victory against Hazleton Area in their previous meeting back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 10-1. Does Crestwood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hazleton Area turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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