Soccer Preview: Northern Durham vs. Hillside
Northern Durham has gone 9-1 against Hillside recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Northern Durham Knights will challenge the Hillside Hornets at 6:45 p.m. Northern Durham is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Northern Durham is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Voyager on Friday. Northern Durham fell just short of Voyager by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 435th, while the Vikings are ranked 129th).
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Hillside was forced to settle for a draw. They and Henderson Collegiate finished up on equal footing with a 2-2 draw on Saturday.
Northern Durham's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7-2. Hillside's draw gives them a new season record of 5-4-1.
Everything went Northern Durham's way against Hillside when the teams last played back in October of 2023, as Northern Durham made off with a 5-0 win. Does Northern Durham have another victory up their sleeve, or will Hillside turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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