Soccer Game Preview: Franklin vs. Tokay

The Franklin Yellowjackets will head out on the road to face off against the Tokay Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.

Franklin will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Bear Creek, who they had gone 1-7-1 against in their nine prior meetings. Franklin's defense stepped up to hand Bear Creek a 1-0 shutout on Tuesday. Give the Yellowjackets' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.

Meanwhile, everything went Tokay's way against Stagg on Tuesday as Tokay made off with a 5-0 win. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' California soccer rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Delta Kings are ranked 719th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Franklin pushed their record up to 9-2-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those three contests. As for Tokay, their win bumped their record up to 4-1-4.