The St. Pius X Panthers will take on the St. Thomas Catholic Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
St. Pius X will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Friday, then bounced right back against St. John XXIII on Tuesday. St. Pius X blew past St. John XXIII 7-2. It was an even better day for Thomas McGowan as he scored five goals for his team.
Meanwhile, St. Thomas Catholic waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Crusaders an 11-0 shutout. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Crusaders are ranked 696th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
St. Pius X is also on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 19-1-3 record this season. As for St. Thomas Catholic, they pushed their record up to 14-1-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
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