Soccer Preview: Skyline vs. James Wood
Skyline is 0-6 against James Wood since April of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Skyline Hawks will head out on the road to face off against the James Wood Colonels at 6:30 p.m. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Skyline is is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game on Tuesday. They fell victim to a tough 7-0 loss at the hands of Meridian. While losing is never fun, Skyline can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while Meridian is ranked 109th).
Meanwhile, James Wood put another one in the bag on Tuesday to keep their perfect season alive. Their defense stepped up to hand Millbrook a 1-0 shutout. James Wood's winning goal came courtesy of Sloane Ferrebee.
Skyline's defeat dropped their record down to 0-8-2. As for James Wood, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-0.
Skyline suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to James Wood in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. Can Skyline avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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