Montoursville is 7-0-1 against Shamokin Area since October of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Montoursville Warriors are taking a road trip to take on the Shamokin Area Indians at 7:00 p.m. Montoursville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Montoursville is headed into Thursday's matchup hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight losses. They fell just short of Central Columbia by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Bluejays are ranked fourth).
Montoursville's goal came courtesy of
Quinn Winslow, who's now up to five this season.
Meanwhile, Shamokin Area didn't have done well against Southern Columbia Area recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Shamokin Area had just enough and edged Southern Columbia Area out 1-0. The victory was some much needed relief for the Indians as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Montoursville's defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-2. As for Shamokin Area, they pushed their record up to 3-5 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Montoursville skirted past Shamokin Area 3-2 in their previous matchup back in October of 2021. The rematch might be a little tougher for Montoursville since the team 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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