The Auburndale Bloodhounds will take on the Bartow Yellow Jackets in a holiday battle at at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Bartow better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Auburndale really get things going. Auburndale blew past Ridge Community 5-2 on Thursday. Given the Bloodhounds' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while the Bolts are ranked 403rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bartow came tearing into Thursday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.3 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They put the hurt on the Miners with a sharp 6-2 win. The result was nothing new for the Yellow Jackets, who have now won four contests by three goals or more so far this season.
They hit Fort Meade with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Joel Estrada (2), Sebastian Brock (2), Dariel Nazario, and Kaden Curtin.
The victory made it two in a row for Auburndale and bumps their season record up to 6-3-1. As for Bartow, their win bumped their record up to 9-1-1.
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