West Mifflin hasn't had much luck against Franklin Regional recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The West Mifflin Titans' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Franklin Regional Panthers at 7:30 p.m.
West Mifflin's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Penn-Trafford on Tuesday. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 8-0. While losing is never fun, the Titans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 302nd, while the Warriors are ranked 139th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Franklin Regional). Their defense stepped up to hand Uniontown a 14-0 shutout on Tuesday. Considering the Panthers have won five matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
West Mifflin's defeat dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Franklin Regional, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-2-1.
West Mifflin might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Franklin Regional in their previous meeting back in September. Can West Mifflin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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