North East and Harbor Creek are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2018, but likely not for long. The North East Grape Pickers will look to defend their home pitch on Monday against the Harbor Creek Huskies at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with North East sitting on ten straight victories and Harbor Creek on three.
North East is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Pennsylvania's top teams: Fairview, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (North East was ranked third). North East never let Fairview onto the board and left with a 2-0 win on Tuesday. Will Vanderweele had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Grape Pickers.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, Harbor Creek made sure to put some goals up on the board against Slippery Rock on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over the Rockets. The Huskies might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven games by three goals or more this season.
North East pushed their record up to 10-0 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Harbor Creek, their win bumped their record up to 8-4-1.
North East was able to grind out a solid victory over Harbor Creek in their previous meeting on September 10th, winning 3-1. Does North East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Harbor Creek turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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