Soccer Game Preview: West Florence vs. St. James

By Team Reports Apr 17, 2024, 2:04am

Soccer Preview: West Florence vs. St. James

West Florence is 0-3 against St. James since March of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The West Florence Knights will be playing at home against the St. James Sharks at 7:30 p.m. Both teams come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

In what's become a running theme this season, West Florence gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. They blew past South Florence 7-1. The victory made it back-to-back wins for West Florence.

Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but St. James ultimately got the result they hoped for on Tuesday. They came out on top against Conway by a score of 3-1. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but St. James was the better team in the second half.

They were led to victory by the tag-team duo of River Benjamin and Jameson Crawford, who scored all three of St. James' goals. The pair have combined for a total of 16 so far this season.

West Florence is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for St. James, their victory bumped their record up to 4-11-1.

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