Soccer Preview: Bainbridge vs. Cairo
Bainbridge is 2-8 against Cairo since March of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Bainbridge Bearcats will look to defend their home pitch against the Cairo Syrupmakers at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Bainbridge came tearing into Thursday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 6.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Patriots a 10-0 shutout. Given Bainbridge's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while Westover is ranked 396th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, everything went Cairo's way against Hardaway on Wednesday as Cairo made off with a 3-0 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Cairo.
Bainbridge pushed their record up to 12-2 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 37 goals over those five matchups. As for Cairo, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3 record this season.
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