Soccer Preview: Western Guilford vs. Ragsdale
The Western Guilford Hornets's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Ragsdale Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Western Guilford is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.5 goals per game this season.
Western Guilford is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Northern Guilford on Tuesday. They fell 3-1 to the Nighthawks. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Hornets couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Abisai Carmona, who's now up to 31 this season.
Meanwhile, Ragsdale's game on Tuesday was all tied up 2-2 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They walked away with a 5-3 win over Southwest Guilford. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 53rd, while the Cowboys are ranked 312th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Western Guilford now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Ragsdale, their victory bumped their record up to 15-4.
Western Guilford suffered a grim 8-1 defeat to Ragsdale in their previous meeting back in September. Can Western Guilford avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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