Soccer Preview: Harpeth vs. Hickman County
Harpeth is 4-0 against Hickman County since March of 2017, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Harpeth Indians will be playing at home against the Hickman County Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. Harpeth knows how to get goals on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy goal totals in its past four contests -- so hopefully Hickman County likes a good challenge.
Harpeth and East Hickman County combined for 29 shots on goal on Tuesday, which explains the impressive five total goals scored. Harpeth's defense stepped up to hand East Hickman County a 5-0 shutout. Harpeth might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won four matches by five goals or more this season.
They hit East Hickman County with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Landon Turner (2),
Jasper Tharpe,
Armando Esparza, and
Jacob Montgomery.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Hickman County was not quite East Hickman County's equal in the second half back in March. They fell just short of the Eagles by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, Hickman County couldn't push the score so high this time.
Harpeth's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Hickman County, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-3.
Everything went Harpeth's way against Hickman County in their previous matchup back in April of 2023 as Harpeth made off with a 5-0 win. Will Harpeth repeat their success, or does Hickman County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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