Soccer Preview: Cedar Ridge vs. Western Alamance
Cedar Ridge has been on the road for two straight, but on Monday they'll finally head home. They will host the Western Alamance Warriors at 6:45 p.m.
Cedar Ridge is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Wednesday, they were much more limited against Orange on Thursday. They lost 6-1 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Red Wolves can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 338th, while the Panthers are ranked 132nd).
Meanwhile, Western Alamance entered their tilt with Williams on Wednesday with 14 consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 15. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 3-1. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Warriors' Brian Villanueva-Herrera and the Bulldogs' Gustavo Duran and Justin Hernandez were all carded.
Konner Johnson and
Grant Bacchus scored all three of Western Alamance's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.
Cedar Ridge's defeat dropped their record down to 6-8-2. As for Western Alamance, their victory was their eighth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 16-1.
Cedar Ridge might still be hurting after the 6-0 loss they got from Western Alamance in their previous meeting back in September. Will Cedar Ridge have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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