Preview: Walnut Grove vs. Emerson
The Walnut Grove Wildcats will head out on the road to face off against the Emerson Mavericks at 6:45 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Walnut Grove has three straight wins, Emerson has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Walnut Grove put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Independence. Given Walnut Grove's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 48th, while Independence is ranked 530th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Walnut Grove hit Independence with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ryan Anderson,
Mason Kutch, and
Kisasi Brooks.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Emerson's offense. They fell just short of Centennial by a score of 1-0. That's two games in a row now that Emerson has lost by exactly one goal.
Walnut Grove's victory bumped their record up to 10-2-5. As for Emerson, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-10-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
