SJB vs. SFA.
Few groups in the highschool soccer panorama can carry the type of prowess required to tug off going by the college’s initials, however St. John Bosco (Bellflower, Calif.) and St. Frances Academy (Baltimore, Md.) are actually worthy of that uncommon distinction.
And to see each juggernauts line up on Friday night time, Sept. 8? Sure. Please!
No. 3 St. John Bosco hasn’t slowed a bit from the group’s 2022 marketing campaign, the place the Braves completed the 12 months because the nationwide champs. Loaded with proficient on either side of the ball—which incorporates top-tier fronts—Bosco is out to a 3-0 begin and already has a Tremendous 25 win underneath its belt: a 20-7 nod on the street in opposition to St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Will they notch a fourth win on Friday?
St. Frances Academy has been a perplexing group within the opening three video games of the season, a perennial soccer energy that is still winless on the 12 months.
However the Panthers arguably have had probably the most difficult observe of any Tremendous 25 hopeful to this point, shedding to No. 8 Buford (Ga.), No. 5 Chaminade-Madonna and prime contender East St. Louis (Sick.) .
If ever there was a group due for turnaround on a nationwide stage, this could be it — a street take a look at out west is perhaps simply what the group must regain momentum and get again into the win column.
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