Soccer Preview: Polk County vs. Hendersonville
Polk County is 2-8 against Hendersonville since August of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Polk County Wolverines will be playing at home against the Hendersonville Bearcats at 6:45 p.m. Polk County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Polk County will roll into the match after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Wednesday, then bounced right back against East Rutherford on Monday. Polk County put the hurt on East Rutherford with a sharp 4-1 win. Given the Wolverines' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 176th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 368th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Polk County hit East Rutherford with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Tommy Jackson,
Cooper Myer,
Brinson Ashworth, and
Mason Hudson.
Meanwhile, Hendersonville fell victim to Patton and their airtight defense on Friday. They fell just short of the Panthers by a score of 1-0. The Bearcats haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Polk County's record now sits at 12-4-3. As for Hendersonville, their loss dropped their record down to 7-7-3.
Polk County skirted past Hendersonville 3-2 in their previous matchup back in September. Does Polk County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hendersonville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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