The Eagle Mountain Knights are taking a road trip to take on the Diamond Hill-Jarvis Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Eagle Mountain's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for nine straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Friday just wasn't the day for Eagle Mountain's offense. They came up short against Castleberry last Friday, falling 7-0. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 710th, while the Lions are ranked 47th).
Meanwhile, Diamond Hill-Jarvis waltzed into their match on Friday with 16 straight wins... but they left with 17. Their defense stepped up to hand the Highlanders a 6-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Eagles, who have now won 14 contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Eastern Hills from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Diamond Hill-Jarvis pushed their record up to 20-2 with the victory, which was their ninth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 48 goals over those nine games. As for Eagle Mountain, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11-4.
Eagle Mountain might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Diamond Hill-Jarvis when the teams last played back in January. Can Eagle Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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