Soccer Preview: South Stokes vs. Elkin
The South Stokes Sauras will face off against the Elkin Buckin' Elks at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
South Stokes took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They blew past North Stokes 6-2. The high-scoring effort was just what the Sauras needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
Meanwhile, Elkin came tearing into Wednesday's contest with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Granite Bears as they made off with a 4-1 win. The Buckin' Elks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Mount Airy with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Reagan Whitley (2),
Connor Ballard, and
Charlie Pelkey.
South Stokes' victory bumped their record up to 7-11-1. As for Elkin, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-2 record this season.
South Stokes suffered a grim 11-2 defeat to Elkin when the teams last played on October 2nd. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point South Stokes was down 6-2.
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