Preview: Northwest Whitfield vs. River Ridge
The Northwest Whitfield Bruins will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against the River Ridge Knights at 5:30 p.m. Neither Northwest Whitfield nor River Ridge posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Northwest Whitfield had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They never let Dalton onto the board and left with a 1-0 win. Given Northwest Whitfield's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 48th, while Dalton is ranked 182nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, River Ridge didn't have quite enough to beat Richmond Hill on Saturday and fell 2-1.
River Ridge's goal came courtesy of
Pope Scurlock, who's now up to three this season.
Northwest Whitfield pushed their record up to 5-1 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 26 goals over those four matchups. As for River Ridge, they now have a losing record at 3-4.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
