The American Heritage Patriots will challenge the Maeser Prep Academy Lions at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with American Heritage sitting on six straight wins and Maeser Prep Academy on eight.
American Heritage is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. Their defense stepped up to hand Grand County a 4-0 shutout. Considering American Heritage have won 11 games by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Grand County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Alex Bay, Cove Hansen, William Chenn, and Cael Tillman.
Meanwhile, Maeser Prep Academy hadn't done well against St. Joseph recently (they were 1-6 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. The Lions won by a goal and slipped past the Jayhawks 3-2. That's two games straight that Maeser Prep Academy have won by just one goal.
Maeser Prep Academy's victory bumped their record up to 17-3. As for American Heritage, their win bumped their record up to 14-2.
American Heritage came up short against Maeser Prep Academy in their previous matchup back in March, falling 4-2. Can the Patriots avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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