The York Prep Patriots will challenge the York Cougars at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (York Prep has three straight wins, York has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
The home team had come away the winner the last four times York Prep and Andrew Jackson had met, but sadly for the fans who attended this one that wasn't the case. While the 0-0 score might suggest a draw, it was York Prep who was credited with the victory on Tuesday. York Prep got it done in the shootout by posting four goals to Andrew Jackson's two. The win was all the more spectacular given York Prep's disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 125th, while Andrew Jackson are ranked 28th).
Tuesday just wasn't the day for York's offense. They came up short against Lancaster on Tuesday, falling 3-0. That's two games in a row now that York have lost by exactly three goals.
York's loss dropped their record down to 0-8. As for York Prep, they picked up their first road victory, bumping their record up to 4-5-1.
Everything went York Prep's way against York when the teams last played back in March of 2024, as York Prep made off with a 4-0 win. Will York Prep repeat their success, or does York has a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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