Soccer Preview: Livingston Academy vs. Franklin County
Livingston Academy has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will challenge the Franklin County Rebels at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Livingston Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.9 goals per game this season.
On Tuesday, Livingston Academy needed a bit of extra time to put away Tullahoma. They had just enough and edged the Wildcats out 3-2. The score was all tied up 1-1 at the break, but Livingston Academy was the better team in the second half.
Taryn Childers and
Tara Hinds scored all three of Livingston Academy's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 45 goals.
Meanwhile, Franklin County had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They blew past the Panthers 9-2. Considering the Rebels have won nine games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Livingston Academy pushed their record up to 13-2-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Franklin County, their victory bumped their record up to 15-3-1.
Livingston Academy suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Franklin County in their previous meeting back in August. Can Livingston Academy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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