The Hazleton Area Cougars will venture away from home to challenge the Wilkes-Barre Wolfpack at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hazleton Area is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
Hazleton Area lost 4-1 to Scranton Prep on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania soccer rankings (they are ranked 266th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, Wilkes-Barre was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past Pittston 2-1.
Hazleton Area's loss dropped their record down to 1-4. As for Wilkes-Barre, the win also got them back to even at 3-3-1.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps