Preview: Gregory-Portland vs. Victoria West
Gregory-Portland is 8-1-1 against Victoria West since February of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Gregory-Portland Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Victoria West Warriors at 5:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Gregory-Portland sitting on nine straight wins and Victoria West on three.
Gregory-Portland put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They never let Victoria East onto the board and left with a 10-0 win. Given Gregory-Portland's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while Victoria East is ranked 602nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Victoria West beat Ray 2-0 on Tuesday.
Gregory-Portland's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 9-3. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 35 goals over those four contests. As for Victoria West, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5-1 record this season.
Gregory-Portland skirted past Victoria West 2-1 in their previous meeting on February 6th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gregory-Portland since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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