The North East Grape Pickers will stay at home for another game and welcome the Sharpsville Blue Devils at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
North East will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Tuesday, then bounced right back against Girard on Thursday. North East had just enough and edged Girard out 4-3. Given the Grape Pickers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North East hit Girard with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Joel Morey (2),
Tommy Hartner, and
Kai Vanderweele.
Meanwhile, Sharpsville had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over the Mustangs. That's two games straight that the Blue Devils have won by just one goal.
North East's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 12-3. As for Sharpsville, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-5.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
