Soccer Preview: St. Stephens vs. Hickory
St. Stephens is 0-9-1 against Hickory since March of 2021 but things could change on Wednesday. The St. Stephens Indians will be staying on the road to face off against the Hickory Red Tornadoes at 6:00 p.m.
St. Stephens' offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against North Iredell on Monday. They came up short against the Raiders, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 252nd, while the Raiders are ranked 108th).
Meanwhile, Hickory entered their tilt with North Lincoln on Monday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They had just enough and edged the Knights out 3-2. The Red Tornadoes found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: DALTON RICE and JOSH HERRING were both handed yellow cards.
St. Stephens' defeat dropped their record down to 5-9-2. As for Hickory, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season.
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