Soccer Preview: Fort Mill vs. Hillcrest
The Fort Mill Yellow Jackets will head out on the road to challenge the Hillcrest Rams at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fort Mill is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. They never let Gaffney onto the board and left with a 4-0 win. Fort Mill's offense finally found a way to get into gear: the high-octane performance was a 180-degree turn from their last three games.
Meanwhile, Hillcrest came tearing into Monday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Bengals and snuck past 2-1. That's two games straight that Hillcrest has won by just one goal.
Thomas Pineros and
Anthony Grudko scored both of Hillcrest's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 34 goals.
Fort Mill's victory bumped their record up to 12-8-1. As for Hillcrest, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-3.
Fort Mill suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Hillcrest in their previous meeting back in May of 2023. Can Fort Mill avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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