Preview: Little Cypress-Mauriceville vs. Hardin-Jefferson
Little Cypress-Mauriceville is 9-1 against Hardin-Jefferson since January of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Hardin-Jefferson Hawks at 7:00 p.m. Neither Little Cypress-Mauriceville nor Hardin-Jefferson posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Friday just wasn't the day for Little Cypress-Mauriceville's offense. They were the victim of a rough 5-0 defeat at the hands of Lumberton last Friday. While losing is never fun, Little Cypress-Mauriceville can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 676th, while Lumberton is ranked 326th).
Meanwhile, Hardin-Jefferson was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss. They suffered a rough 5-0 defeat at the hands of Lumberton. One reason for the loss might be Hardin-Jefferson's aggressive play style: Carson Laborde and Joeb Fernandez were both handed yellow cards.
This is the second loss in a row for Little Cypress-Mauriceville and nudges their season record down to 7-13. As for Hardin-Jefferson, their loss dropped their record down to 5-14-2.
Little Cypress-Mauriceville came out on top in a nail-biter against Hardin-Jefferson when the teams last played back in February, sneaking past 3-2. The rematch might be a little tougher for Little Cypress-Mauriceville 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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