Preview: Portal vs. Montgomery County
Portal is on a three-game streak of home wins, while Montgomery County is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Portal Panthers will take on the Montgomery County Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Portal is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
Portal put the finishing touches on their fifth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They blew past McIntosh County Academy 4-1. Given Portal's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 97th, while McIntosh County Academy is ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Portal hit McIntosh County Academy with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Maggie Brannen (2),
Colby Stewart, and
Hilda Reyes.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Montgomery County were a bit more limited in their match on Tuesday. They fell just short of Wheeler County by a score of 2-1.
Portal's win bumped their record up to 8-0-1. As for Montgomery County, their loss dropped their record down to 6-6.
Everything went Portal's way against Montgomery County in their previous meeting back in February as Portal made off with an 8-0 victory. Does Portal have another victory up their sleeve, or will Montgomery County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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