Soccer Preview: Belton-Honea Path vs. Powdersville
Belton-Honea Path is 1-8 against Powdersville since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Belton-Honea Path Bears will be staying on the road to face off against the Powdersville Patriots at 7:00 p.m. Belton-Honea Path will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps South Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 165th, while Powdersville is ranked 16th).
While it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Belton-Honea Path was not quite Wren's equal in the second half on Monday. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hurricanes. Having soared to a lofty seven goals in the game before, Belton-Honea Path's shutout was a dramatic turnaround.
Meanwhile, Powdersville came tearing into Monday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.4 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 4-0 shutout. Considering Powdersville has won five matchups by more than two goals this season, Monday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Woodmont with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Eathan Campuzano (2),
Trevor Preisig, and
Jed Turner.
Belton-Honea Path's loss dropped their record down to 2-6. As for Powdersville, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-1 record this season.
Belton-Honea Path suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Powdersville in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Belton-Honea Path avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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