American Fork has played every game this season on their home pitch, but they'll have to hit the road on Friday. They will square off against the Lone Peak Knights at 5:15 p.m. American Fork is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
It may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but American Fork ultimately got the result they hoped for on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Lehi 3-2. That's two games straight that American Fork has won by just one goal.
They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Mason Jolley and
Lewis Knecht, who scored all three of American Fork's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 12 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Lone Peak had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Thunder as they made off with a 5-2 victory. Considering Lone Peak has won three matches by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
American Fork pushed their record up to 7-0 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 34 goals over those seven matchups. As for Lone Peak, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
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