North Allegheny and Fox Chapel are an even 4-4-2 against one another since September of 2018, but likely not for long. The North Allegheny Tigers will square off against the Fox Chapel Foxes at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Allegheny is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Seneca Valley, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (North Allegheny was ranked 20th). North Allegheny came out on top against Seneca Valley by a score of 4-2 on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers.
They hit Seneca Valley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Nathan Katari (2),
Caleb Rumberger, and
Zachary Nash.
Meanwhile, Fox Chapel put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their undefeated season alive. They never let Butler onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. Given the Foxes' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked second, while the Golden Tornado are ranked 282nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Allegheny's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-2-2. As for Fox Chapel, their win bumped their record up to 6-0-1.
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