The Bishop O'Connell Knights will head out to face off against the Collegiate Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Bishop O'Connell will be strutting in after a win while Collegiate will be coming in after a defeat.
Bishop O'Connell took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on St. Mary's Ryken with a sharp 4-1 victory. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Bishop O'Connell's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Meanwhile, Collegiate faced St. Christopher's in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Tuesday. The Cougars fell just short of the Saints by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, Collegiate couldn't push the score so high this time.
Their goal came courtesy of Reid Campbell, who's now up to 20 this season.
The win snapped Bishop O'Connell's losing streak at three matches and leaves them with a 8-6-2 record. As for Collegiate, their loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 11-3-2.
Bishop O'Connell came out on top in a nail-biter against Collegiate when the teams last played back in November of 2024, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Knights repeat their success, or do the Cougars have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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