The Penn-Trafford Warriors will take on the Greater Latrobe Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Penn-Trafford took a loss when they played away from home on Thursday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand West Mifflin an 8-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Warriors considering their one-goal performance the match before.
Their offense was hitting West Mifflin from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
J.J. Porter led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Greater Latrobe). They blew past Uniontown 12-1 on Thursday. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Red Raiders are ranked 435th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Penn-Trafford pushed their record up to 6-4-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Greater Latrobe, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-3.
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