Soccer Preview: Hickory vs. Foard
Hickory has gone 8-2 against Foard recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Monday. The Hickory Red Tornadoes will venture away from home to challenge the Foard Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Hickory is headed into the game having not lost since September 5 and will look to keep things rolling. They blew past West Iredell 5-1 on Wednesday. Given the Red Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Warriors are ranked 365th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Foard kept a clean sheet against North Lincoln on Wednesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Knights. Both teams had to tread carefully at times as the refs weren't afraid to hand out yellow cards: Alexis Nava was handed one for the Tigers, while the Knights got theirs courtesy of Owen Uhl.
Caden Racine was the driving force of Foard's attack as he scored both of Foard's goals, bringing his season total up to two goals.
Hickory has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season. As for Foard, their win bumped their record up to 7-10-3.
Hickory skirted past Foard 2-1 when the teams last played back in September. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hickory since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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