The Riverside Vikings are taking a road trip to challenge the Old Forge Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Old Forge is hoping to do what Blue Ridge couldn't on Monday: put an end to Riverside's winning streak, which now stands at six games. Riverside put the hurt on Blue Ridge with a sharp 4-1 win. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 213th, while the Raiders are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Riverside hit Blue Ridge with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
John Chilleri (2),
Josue Lagos, and
Connor McNally.
Meanwhile, Old Forge had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Foresters a 7-0 shutout. Give the Blue Devils' defense some credit: that's the team's fifth straight shutout.
Riverside's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-1-1. As for Old Forge, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-1 record this season.
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