The St. Pius X Panthers will venture away from home to face off against the St. Thomas Catholic Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Pius X will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal last Friday, then bounced right back against Concordia Lutheran on Tuesday. St. Pius X never let Concordia Lutheran onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. Thomas McGowan was a massive factor in the win as he booted in four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, St. Thomas Catholic entered their tilt with St. John XXIII on Friday with six consecutive wins , and they'll enter their next game with seven. Everything went their way against the Lions as they made off with a 13-1 victory. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Lions are ranked 546th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Thomas Catholic's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-1. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 51 goals over those seven matchups. As for St. Pius X, they have been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which somehow still isn't as good as their 20-2 record this season.
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