The St. Michael Warriors will take on the Holy Cross Tigers in a holiday battle at at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. St. Michael's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
St. Michael's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They had just enough and edged Willow out 1-0. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Warriors' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 46th, while the Lions are ranked seventh).
St. Michael's one-goal win came courtesy of Evan Naquin, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Holy Cross' good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They fell 3-1 to Jesuit. Having soared to a lofty five goals in the game before, the Tigers couldn't push the score so high this time.
Having lost for the first time this season, Holy Cross fell to 10-1-1. As for St. Michael, they now have a winning record of 5-4-2.
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