The Judge Memorial Catholic Bulldogs will square off against the Manti Templars at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Judge Memorial Catholic sitting on six straight wins and Manti on 15.
Judge Memorial Catholic is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Delta a 6-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Judge Memorial Catholic, who have now won five games by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Delta with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kai Flickinger (3),
Nicholas Moreno (2), and
Henry Thompson.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Manti gave their fans yet another huge victory on Wednesday. They blew past North Sanpete 6-0. Given Manti's advantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked seventh, while North Sanpete is ranked 97th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Judge Memorial Catholic's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-7. As for Manti, their victory bumped their record up to 15-0.
Everything went Judge Memorial Catholic's way against Manti when the teams last played back in May of 2019 as Judge Memorial Catholic made off with an 8-2 win. In that matchup, Judge Memorial Catholic amassed a halftime lead of 8-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Saturday.
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