Soccer Recap: Stratford Comes Up Short

Stratford lost against Stem Preparatory Academy back in April of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Spartans lost 9-0 to the Chargers. While losing is never fun, Stratford can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 260th, while Stem Preparatory Academy are ranked 53rd).

Stratford's defeat dropped their record down to 5-8-1. As for Stem Preparatory Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 13-3-1 record this season.

Stratford does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Stem Preparatory Academy, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Independence Academy at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Stem Preparatory Academy are on an eight-game streak of home wins, Independence Academy a six-game streak of away wins, meaning someone's leaving a streak behind.