Soccer Game Preview: Hickory Ridge vs. Cox Mill

Ragin' Bulls

Goals

04/22/25 vs South Iredell	4
04/15/25 @ A.L. Brown	1
04/14/25 @ Hickory	2
04/11/25 @ West Cabarrus	8
+ 12 more games

The Hickory Ridge Ragin' Bulls will face off against the Cox Mill Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hickory Ridge is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.

Hickory Ridge is headed into the game without a loss and will look to keep things rolling. Everything went their way against South Iredell on Tuesday as they made off with a 4-1 victory. Hickory Ridge haven't had any issues with South Iredell recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive win against them.

Hickory Ridge hit South Iredell with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Heidi Lewis, Ava Trzebiatowski, Addie Porter, and Corinne Eversley.

Meanwhile, Cox Mill kept a clean sheet against A.L. Brown on Tuesday. They walked away with a 2-0 victory over the Wonders. Given Cox Mill's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while A.L. Brown are ranked 211th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Hickory Ridge's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-0-1. Those home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those seven matchups. As for Cox Mill, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 9-6-2 record this season.

Hickory Ridge came out on top in a nail-biter against Cox Mill in their previous matchup on April 1st, sneaking past 1-0. Do the Ragin' Bulls have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Chargers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.