Soccer Preview: Northside - Jacksonville vs. Jacksonville
Northside - Jacksonville is 0-10 against Jacksonville since May of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Northside - Jacksonville Monarchs will head out on the road to challenge the Jacksonville Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Both teams come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Northside - Jacksonville will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Thursday, then bounced right back against Havelock on Monday. Northside - Jacksonville came out on top against Havelock by a score of 4-2. With that victory, Northside - Jacksonville brought their scoring average up to 2.5 goals per game.
They hit Havelock with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Kaeli Brown,
Evelyn Hopkins,
Gabriella Rapalo, and
Ladayia Thomas Runge.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, Jacksonville gave their fans yet another huge win on Wednesday. They never let South Central onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. Given Jacksonville's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while South Central is ranked 325th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The win (which was Northside - Jacksonville's third in a row) raised their record to 8-7-2. As for Jacksonville, they have been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-1-4 record this season.
Northside - Jacksonville suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Jacksonville in their previous meeting back in April. Can Northside - Jacksonville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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