Central Columbia is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Northwestern Lehigh is on a six-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Central Columbia Bluejays will welcome the Northwestern Lehigh Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Central Columbia's defense has only allowed 0.4 goals per game this season, so Northwestern Lehigh's offense will have their work cut out for them.
On Tuesday, it was close, but Central Columbia sidestepped Montoursville for a 2-1 victory. Given the Bluejays' advantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Warriors are ranked 80th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Northwestern Lehigh got the win against Lehighton on Tuesday by a conclusive 9-1. Fans of the Tigers have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 3+ goal.
They hit Lehighton with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jacob Van Lierop (4),
Cole Mertz (4), and
Caelan Stangil.
Central Columbia's win bumped their record up to 10-0. As for Northwestern Lehigh, their victory bumped their record up to an identical 10-0.
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