The Butler Golden Tornado will head out on the road to take on the North Allegheny Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Butler is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Saturday, they were much more limited against North Hills on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Indians by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Golden Tornado can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 292nd, while the Indians are ranked 40th).
Meanwhile, North Allegheny had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it seven on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Rams by a score of 3-1.
North Allegheny hit Pine-Richland with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Lucas Henderson,
Nathan Katari, and
Ben Hickel.
Butler has been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-10-1 record this season. As for North Allegheny, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2-2.
Butler suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to North Allegheny when the teams last played back in September. Can Butler avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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