Soccer Preview: Northern Guilford vs. Page
The Northern Guilford Nighthawks will head out on the road to face off against the Page Pirates at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Northern Guilford is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
There was early excitement for Northern Guilford after they claimed the first goal on Tuesday, however, they wouldn't score again. They fell just short of Northwest Guilford by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, Northern Guilford can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 200th, while Northwest Guilford is ranked 57th).
Northern Guilford's goal came courtesy of
Leah Blackwell, which was the first she's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Page entered their tilt with Western Guilford with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They blew past the Hornets 9-0. Page might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won three matches by four goals or more this season.
Northern Guilford has fallen quite a ways from their 13-5-1 record last season and are now at 3-5. As for Page, they pushed their record up to 5-1 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
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