Soccer Preview: New Hanover vs. Hoggard Vikings
New Hanover and Hoggard are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but likely not for long. The New Hanover Wildcats will head out to challenge the Hoggard Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
New Hanover is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Ashley on Thursday. They fell 2-0 to the Screaming Eagle. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 84th, while the Screaming Eagle are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Hoggard entered their tilt with North Brunswick on Monday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Their defense stepped up to hand the Scorpions a 9-0 shutout. Benjamin Weeks was a massive factor in the win as he booted in three goals all by himself.
New Hanover's loss dropped their record down to 8-5-1. As for Hoggard, their victory was their sixth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 11-1.
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