Preview: North Gwinnett vs. Eastside
The North Gwinnett Bulldogs will be playing in front of their home fans against the Eastside Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Gwinnett has four straight wins, Eastside has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
North Gwinnett put the finishing touches on their sixth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Norcross a 3-0 shutout.
North Gwinnett was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Weslee Istone-Haupt and
Kendall Barley, who scored all three of North Gwinnett's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 14 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Eastside suffered a rough 6-1 loss at the hands of Jefferson on Friday. While losing is never fun, Eastside can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 189th, while Jefferson is ranked third).
North Gwinnett's victory bumped their record up to 9-0-1. As for Eastside, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-7.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
