Preview: Porter vs. Kingwood Park
The Porter Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Kingwood Park Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Porter has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Kingwood Park will arrive with four straight victories.
Last Friday, Porter didn't have quite enough to beat Dayton and fell 2-1.
Meanwhile, Kingwood Park put the finishing touches on their eighth blowout victory of the season on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Huntsville with a sharp 3-0 win. Given Kingwood Park's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 71st, while Huntsville is ranked 239th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Porter's defeat dropped their record down to 4-6-3. As for Kingwood Park, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-2-1 record this season.
Porter beat Kingwood Park 4-2 in their previous meeting on February 9th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Porter since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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