After three games on the road, Northland Prep Academy is heading back home. They will welcome the Ash Fork Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northland Prep Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Northland Prep Academy is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Red Rock last Tuesday. Northland Prep Academy fell 3-1 to Red Rock. The loss continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Scorpions: they've now lost five in a row.
Northland Prep Academy's goal came courtesy of
Ian Karren, who's now up to 41 this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ash Fork). Their defense stepped up to hand Grand Canyon a 9-0 shutout on Thursday. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by three goals or more this season.
Northland Prep Academy's defeat dropped their record down to 8-7. As for Ash Fork, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 6-8.
Everything went Northland Prep Academy's way against Ash Fork in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, as Northland Prep Academy made off with a 6-1 win. Will Northland Prep Academy repeat their success, or does Ash Fork have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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