The Penns Valley Area Rams are taking a road trip to challenge the Clearfield Bison at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Penns Valley Area's defense has only allowed 0.5 goals per game this season, so Clearfield's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Penns Valley Area took a loss when they played away from home last Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Westmont Hilltop a 2-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Rams were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, after soaring to nine goals the game before, Clearfield was a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They lost 3-0 to Bellefonte. While losing is never fun, the Bison can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 267th, while the Raiders are ranked 55th).
The victory got Penns Valley Area back to even at 2-2. As for Clearfield, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.
Penns Valley Area was able to grind out a solid win over Clearfield when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Penns Valley Area since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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