Soccer Preview: Mechanicsburg vs. East Pennsboro
Mechanicsburg has been on the road for two straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Wildcats challenges the East Pennsboro Panthers at 6:30 p.m. Mechanicsburg's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Mechanicsburg's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against State College on Thursday. They fell just short of the Little Lions by a score of 1-0.
Meanwhile, East Pennsboro entered their tilt with Carlisle on Tuesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They had just enough and edged the Thundering Herd out 2-1. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Thundering Herd are ranked 376th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Steel Bayer was the driving force of East Pennsboro's attack as he scored both of East Pennsboro's goals, bringing his season total up to 30 goals.
Mechanicsburg's loss dropped their record down to 7-7-3. As for East Pennsboro, they pushed their record up to 12-4-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Mechanicsburg suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to East Pennsboro in their previous matchup back in October of 2017. Will Mechanicsburg have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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