Soccer Game Preview: Garinger vs. Butler + How To Watch

Wildcats

Goals

09/25/25 vs West Mecklenburg	9
09/17/25 vs South Mecklenburg	1
09/15/25 @ Hopewell	5
09/10/25 vs Hough	1
09/08/25 vs Myers Park	1
+ 11 more games

The Garinger Wildcats will take on the Butler Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Garinger is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3 goals per game this season.

Garinger's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. Everything went their way against West Mecklenburg as they made off with a 9-0 win. The victory continues a trend for Garinger in their matchups with West Mecklenburg: they've now won seven in a row.

Garinger's offense was hitting West Mecklenburg from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal. Jairo Zavalla led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.

Meanwhile, Butler managed to keep up with Porter Ridge until halftime on Monday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Bulldogs lost 3-0 to the Pirates. One thing that didn't help Butler's chances was the red card they were dealt courtesy of Jonathan Guitierrez.

Garinger's win bumped their record up to 9-5-2. As for Butler, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-7-2.

Garinger took their victory against Butler in their previous matchup back in October of 2024 by a conclusive 6-0 score. Do the Wildcats have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Bulldogs turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.