Soccer Preview: Westminster vs. Johnson
The Westminster Wildcats will challenge the Johnson Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Westminster sitting on four straight victories and Johnson on 15.
Westminster is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Holy Innocents Episcopal. Two seems to be a good number for Westminster as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Johnson kept a clean sheet against Northwest Whitfield on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bruins and snuck past 1-0. Given Johnson's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked sixth, while Northwest Whitfield is ranked 63rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Westminster is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4-2 record this season. As for Johnson, their win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-1-1.
Westminster came up short against Johnson when the teams last played back in May of 2023, falling 4-2. Can Westminster avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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