Johnston and Davies Career & Tech are an even 3-3 against one another since September of 2015, but likely not for long. The Johnston Panthers will head out to square off against the Davies Career & Tech Patriots at 3:15 p.m. on Friday. Johnston is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.8 goals per game this season.
Johnston is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Prout a 3-0 shutout. The score was close at the half, but the Panthers pulled away in the second half with two goals.
They hit Prout with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Sebastian Saucedo,
Angel Mercado, and
Daniel Morales.
Meanwhile, Davies Career & Tech and Prout met for a duel last Thursday where Davies Career & Tech had to make due with a tie. The two teams finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw. The outcome might've been different if Santiago Marin hadn't been hit with a yellow card, which no doubt limited his ability to make aggressive plays down the stretch.
The win made it two in a row for Johnston and bumps their season record up to 9-6-4. With that draw, Davies Career & Tech's record moves to 12-5-2.
Johnston suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Davies Career & Tech in their previous meeting back in September. Can Johnston avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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