Soccer Preview: Heritage vs. Walker Valley
Heritage hasn't had much luck against Walker Valley recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Heritage Mountaineers' road trip will continue as they head out to face the Walker Valley Mustangs at 4:30 p.m. Heritage is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Heritage is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Tennessee's top teams: Chattanooga Christian, who was ranked 21st in their home state at the time (Heritage was ranked 24th). Heritage came up short against Chattanooga Christian on Thursday, falling 5-1. Things were pretty much settled by the half as the Mountaineers were already down 5-0.
Their goal came courtesy of
Linda Madrid, who's now up to five this season.
Meanwhile, Walker Valley won against McMinn County last Thursday with six goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. Walker Valley put the hurt on Bradley Central with a sharp 6-2 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Mustangs.
Heritage's loss dropped their record down to 6-2. As for Walker Valley, their victory bumped their record up to 2-4-2.
Heritage suffered a grim 7-2 defeat to Walker Valley in their previous matchup back in September of 2023. Can Heritage avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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