Preview: Shaw vs. Westover
The Shaw Raiders will look to defend their home pitch on Tuesday against the Westover Patriots at 6:00 p.m. Shaw will be strutting in after a victory while Westover will be coming in after a defeat.
On Friday, Shaw narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Cairo 2-1. Given Shaw's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 128th, while Cairo is ranked 356th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Westover was not able to break out of their rough patch last Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 8-0 walloping at the hands of Bainbridge. That's two games in a row now that Westover has lost by exactly eight goals.
Shaw is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. As for Westover, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
Everything went Shaw's way against Westover in their previous matchup last Tuesday as Shaw made off with an 8-0 victory. Will Shaw repeat their success, or does Westover have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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