The Pocahontas County Warriors will be staying on the road on Thursday to face off against the Shady Spring Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Pocahontas County will roll into the game after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal last Tuesday, then bounced right back against Midland Trail on Tuesday. Pocahontas County never let Midland Trail onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. That looming 10-0 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Warriors yet this season.
Their offense was hitting Midland Trail from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Trenton Brock led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shady Spring). Everything went their way against James Monroe on Tuesday as Shady Spring made off with an 11-1 win. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Mavericks are ranked 73rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pocahontas County now has a winning record of 5-4-1. As for Shady Spring, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2-1 record this season.
Pocahontas County suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Shady Spring when the teams last played back in September. Can Pocahontas County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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