The St. Marys Flying Dutch will head out to challenge the Brookville Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
St. Marys is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals last Wednesday, they were much more limited against DuBois on Monday. They lost 9-0 to the Beavers. While losing is never fun, the Flying Dutch can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 251st, while the Beavers are ranked 79th).
Meanwhile, Brookville fell victim to Redbank Valley and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 4-0. The Raiders haven't had much luck with the Bulldogs recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
St. Marys dropped their record down to 8-6 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road. As for Brookville, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9-1.
Everything went St. Marys' way against Brookville in their previous meeting back in September, as St. Marys made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for St. Marys since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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