Soccer Preview: Banks County vs. Cedar Shoals
The Banks County Leopards will head out on the road to take on the Cedar Shoals Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Banks County's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for seven straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Banks County fell victim to Washington-Wilkes and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They wound up on the wrong side of a tough 3-0 walloping at the hands of the Tigers. That's two games in a row now that Banks County has lost by exactly three goals.
Meanwhile, Cedar Shoals can now show off seven landslide victories after their most recent contest back in March. Their defense stepped up to hand Athens Academy a 3-0 shutout. Given Cedar Shoals' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 75th, while Athens Academy is ranked 376th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Banks County's defeat dropped their record down to 1-12. As for Cedar Shoals, their win bumped their record up to 9-3-2.
Banks County suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Cedar Shoals when the teams last played back in February of 2018. Can Banks County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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