The Elk County Catholic Crusaders will venture away from home to challenge the Redbank Valley Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Elk County Catholic is looking to tack on another W to their three-game streak on the road.
Elk County Catholic is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals two weeks ago, they were much more limited against St. Marys last Saturday. They fell just short of the Flying Dutch by a score of 2-1. The Crusaders' defeat signaled the end of their four-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Redbank Valley had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.8 goals), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They never let the Panthers onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Panthers are ranked 524th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Redbank Valley hit Keystone with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kieran Fricko (2),
Caleb Root, and
Kaden Strugeon.
Having lost for the first time this season, Elk County Catholic fell to 4-1. As for Redbank Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 6-1.
Elk County Catholic suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Redbank Valley when the teams last played back in September of 2022. Can Elk County Catholic avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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