Soccer Preview: Avery County vs. Mountain Heritage
The Avery County Vikings's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Mountain Heritage Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Avery County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.9 goals per game this season.
Avery County is headed into the match having not lost since August 29 and will look to keep things rolling. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past NCSSM: Morganton 2-1. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Dragons are ranked 329th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cain Hart and
Kaden Knight scored both of Avery County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 14 goals.
Meanwhile, Mountain Heritage has been on a difficult stretch since their win on August 21. They came up short against Owen on Wednesday, falling 7-0.
Avery County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-1 record this season. As for Mountain Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7-1.
Avery County beat Mountain Heritage by a goal when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 4-3. Does Avery County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Mountain Heritage turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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