North Penn-Liberty is 0-8-2 against Athens since September of 2020 but things could change on Thursday. The Mountie will square off against the Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. North Penn-Liberty is coming into the match hot, having won their last three games.
If North Penn-Liberty beats Athens with three goals on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. The Mountie came out on top against Towanda by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. Brody Grinnell had to tread lightly for part of the match after he was hit with a yellow card, but that was the only trouble North Penn-Liberty got from the refs.
North Penn-Liberty hit Towanda with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Kai Wheeland, Mason Forer, and Grinnell.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Athens duked it out with Galeton on Tuesday. The Wildcats never let the Tigers get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory. The final result isn't all that surprising considering Athens' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 200th, while Galeton are ranked 502nd).
Athens' win bumped their record up to 10-3-2. As for North Penn-Liberty, their victory bumped their record up to 9-7-1.
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