Soccer Preview: Jefferson County vs. Science Hill
The Jefferson County Patriots have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Science Hill Hilltoppers on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Science Hill better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Jefferson County really get things going. Everything went Jefferson County's way against Dobyns-Bennett on Tuesday as Jefferson County made off with a 5-1 win.
Meanwhile, Science Hill came tearing into Tuesday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.6 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Smoky Bears with a sharp 6-1 victory. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
Science Hill hit Sevier County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Brenna Overbay (2),
Lillie Marshall (2),
Lauren Yobst, and
Emmie Gullett.
Jefferson County's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-7-2. As for Science Hill, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-2-1 record this season.
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