After two games on the road, Central Mountain is heading back home. They will welcome the Athens Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
It was a proper cat-fight when Central Mountain faced off against Bloomsburg on Tuesday. Central Mountain came up short against Bloomsburg, falling 11-0. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 401st, while the Panthers are ranked 44th).
Despite a strong season so far, Athens has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They fell just short of Troy by a score of 2-1 on Monday.
Central Mountain dropped their record down to 2-13 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Athens, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-4.
Central Mountain beat Athens 2-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Will Central Mountain repeat their success, or does Athens have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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