The Shalom Christian Academy Flames will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Cumberland Valley Christian Blazers at 5:00 p.m. Cumberland Valley Christian took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Shalom Christian Academy, who comes in off a win.
If Cumberland Valley Christian heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Shalom Christian Academy took over last week. Shalom Christian Academy blew past Delone Catholic 6-3 on Monday. Given the Flames' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Squires are ranked 353rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cumberland Valley Christian didn't have quite enough to beat Grace Academy on Tuesday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Blazers have lost by just one goal.
Their goal came courtesy of
AJ Sloan, who's now up to six this season.
Shalom Christian Academy is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2-1 record this season. As for Cumberland Valley Christian, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-5.
Shalom Christian Academy came out on top in a nail-biter against Cumberland Valley Christian in their previous matchup back in August, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Shalom Christian Academy since the squad 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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