Soccer Preview: Hickory vs. Asheboro
Hickory is on a ten-game streak of home wins, while Asheboro is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Hickory Red Tornadoes will take on the Asheboro Blue Comets at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hickory is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They never let Ledford onto the board and left with an 8-0 win. Hickory might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won 13 contests by five goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Ledford from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Piper Jillings led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Monday Asheboro sidestepped Kings Mountain for a 1-0 victory. Give Asheboro's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Hickory is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3-1 record this season. As for Asheboro, their win bumped their record up to 16-4-1.
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