The Phelps Lions will head out to face off against the Kiski School Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Phelps is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Hill School, who was ranked 17th in their home state at the time (Phelps was ranked 21st). Phelps' defense stepped up to hand Hill School a 4-0 shutout on Tuesday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
Meanwhile, it can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Kiski School had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Shipley as they made off with a 5-0 victory. The win was nothing new for the Cougars as they're now sitting on three straight.
Kiski School has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-1-4 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 27 goals over those six matches. As for Phelps, they now have a winning record of 6-5-2.
Phelps might still be hurting after the 4-1 defeat they got from Kiski School when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Phelps avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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