Despite a phenomenal run in the regular season, Clayton couldn't carry that success into this playoff game. They fell just short of the Cardinal Gibbons Crusaders by a score of 2-1 on Friday. The Comets have been going strong on the season, but this is now their second defeat in a row.
Their goal came courtesy of
Anthony Grottini, who's now up to three this season.
Clayton's loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 16-5-1. As for Cardinal Gibbons, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-9-2 record this season.
While Clayton had to take the loss, they won't have to wait long to give it another shot: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled on Saturday.
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