Pisgah is 2-8 against Franklin since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Pisgah Bears are on the road again to play the Franklin Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Pisgah is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.
Pisgah is coming into the matchup fresh off a high-scoring shootout with Smoky Mountain that saw the pair combine for 13 shots on goal. Pisgah put the hurt on Smoky Mountain with a sharp 5-0 win on Monday. The result was nothing new for the Bears, who have now won three matches by four goals or more so far this season.
They hit Smoky Mountain with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Johan Hernandez (2),
Osvaldo Munoz-Valesquez, and
Fernando Gamez.
Meanwhile, Franklin didn't have quite enough to beat Tuscola on Wednesday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Panthers have lost by just one goal.
Pisgah has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 5-5 record this season. As for Franklin, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-7.
Pisgah beat Franklin 2-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Does Pisgah have another victory up their sleeve, or will Franklin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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