The West Branch Warriors and the McConnellsburg Spartans are set to duel on Saturday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
West Branch is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Moshannon Valley a 7-0 shutout on Tuesday. With that win, the Warriors brought their scoring average up to 2.7 goals per game.
Their offense was hitting Moshannon Valley from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Sydney Sankey led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, McConnellsburg entered their tilt with North Star on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Everything went their way against the Cougars as they made off with a 4-1 victory. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matchups by three goals or more this season.
West Branch's win bumped their record up to 10-3-4. As for McConnellsburg, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-1-1.
West Branch beat McConnellsburg 3-1 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will West Branch repeat their success, or does McConnellsburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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