PikeView hasn't had much luck against Charleston Catholic recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The PikeView Panthers will square off against the Charleston Catholic Irish at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
PikeView is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Saturday. Their defense stepped up to hand Shady Spring a 3-0 shutout. The victory was nothing new for the Panthers as they're now sitting on three straight.
Ty Thompson and
Matt Murphy scored all three of PikeView's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 35 goals.
Meanwhile, Charleston Catholic had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Saturday. Everything went their way against the Warriors as they made off with a 7-0 win. Given the Irish's advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Warriors are ranked 51st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
PikeView has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-1 record this season. As for Charleston Catholic, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-7-3.
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