The Jim Thorpe Olympians are taking a road trip to challenge the Notre Dame-Green Pond Crusaders at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Jim Thorpe's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Northern Lehigh on Wednesday. They came up short against the Bulldogs, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Olympians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 385th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 166th).
Meanwhile, Notre Dame-Green Pond came up short against Northern Lehigh on Tuesday and fell 4-2. Nia Hunt was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on her (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
This is the second loss in a row for Jim Thorpe and nudges their season record down to 1-7. As for Notre Dame-Green Pond, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-6-1.
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