The Manti Templars will head out on the road to take on the Canyon View Falcons at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Manti has 11 straight victories, Canyon View has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Manti is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Utah's top teams: Carbon, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Manti was ranked eighth). Manti never let Carbon onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Wednesday. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Manti was the better team in the second half.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Luke Summers and
Tomas Reyes, who scored both of Manti's goals. The pair have combined for a total of five so far this season.
Meanwhile, Canyon View fell victim to Juab and their airtight defense on Wednesday. Their tough 7-0 defeat to the Wasps might stick with them for a while.
Manti pushed their record up to 11-0 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Canyon View, they now have a losing record at 5-6.
Everything went Manti's way against Canyon View when the teams last played back in March as Manti made off with a 4-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Manti 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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