On Saturday Mountain Heritage will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to take on the Madison Patriots at 10:30 a.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Mountain Heritage's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Avery County on Saturday. They came up short against the Vikings, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 434th, while the Vikings are ranked 118th).
Meanwhile, Madison and Owen combined for 27 shots on goal on Tuesday, which explains the impressive 12 total goals scored. Madison lost 10-2 to Owen. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Patriots' Charlie Bender and the Warhorses' Davis Kendall and Hudson McGuire were all carded.
Fernando Monzon and
Avery Holland scored both of Madison's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 25 goals.
Mountain Heritage dropped their record down to 1-8-1 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home. As for Madison, their loss dropped their record down to 8-6-2.
Mountain Heritage beat Madison by a goal when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 2-1. Does Mountain Heritage have another victory up their sleeve, or will Madison turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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