Soccer Preview: Long County vs. Pike County
The Long County Blue Tide will head out on the road to challenge the Pike County Pirates at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Wednesday, Long County made easy work of Claxton and carried off a 5-1 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for Long County.
Meanwhile, Pike County entered their tilt with Peach County with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. Their defense stepped up to hand the Trojans a 4-0 shutout on Friday. Given Pike County's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 67th, while Peach County is ranked 299th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pike County hit Peach County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Olivia Park,
Piper Jones,
Sophie Moss, and
Sydney Cochran.
Long County's win bumped their record up to 14-3. As for Pike County, their victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-5-1.
Long County suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Pike County in their previous meeting back in May of 2018. Can Long County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
