A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Mechanicsburg Wildcats at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. East Pennsboro will be looking to extend their current five-game winning streak.
On Tuesday, East Pennsboro needed a bit of extra time to put away Carlisle. They skirted past the Thundering Herd 2-1. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Thundering Herd are ranked 376th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Steel Bayer was the driving force of East Pennsboro's attack as he scored both of East Pennsboro's goals, bringing his season total up to 30 goals.
Meanwhile, Thursday just wasn't the day for Mechanicsburg's offense. They fell just short of State College by a score of 1-0 on Thursday. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
East Pennsboro's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-4-1. As for Mechanicsburg, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-7-3.
East Pennsboro took their win against Mechanicsburg when the teams last played back in October of 2017 by a conclusive 3-0. Will East Pennsboro repeat their success, or does Mechanicsburg have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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