Soccer Preview: Roanoke Rapids vs. Spring Creek
The Roanoke Rapids Yellowjackets will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Spring Creek Gators at 6:30 p.m. Roanoke Rapids will be strutting in after a win while Spring Creek will be coming in after a loss.
If Spring Creek heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Roanoke Rapids took over last week. Roanoke Rapids walked away with a 3-1 victory over Bunn two weeks ago. The win was all the more spectacular given the Yellowjackets' disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 280th, while the Wildcats are ranked 129th).
Balmoris Gonzalez and
Estarlin Argueta scored all three of Roanoke Rapids' goals, bringing their combined season tally to 25 goals.
Meanwhile, after a string of 11 wins, Spring Creek's good fortune finally ran out on Wednesday. They fell just short of Midway by a score of 3-2. The Gators have struggled against the Raiders recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Roanoke Rapids' record is now 9-10. As for Spring Creek, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins and brought them to 14-8-2.
Roanoke Rapids might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Spring Creek in their previous meeting back in August. Can Roanoke Rapids avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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