The Cape Henlopen Vikings will square off against the North Smithfield Northmen at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Cape Henlopen is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Laurel a 7-0 shutout on Tuesday. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Delaware soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Bulldogs are ranked 49th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cape Henlopen's offense was hitting Laurel from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Jack Flynn led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, North Smithfield had to endure a three-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They put the hurt on Classical with a sharp 3-0 win on Tuesday. The result was nothing new for the Northmen, who have now won three contests by three goals or more so far this season.
The victory was the fourth in a row for Cape Henlopen, bringing their record for this year to 4-2-1. As for North Smithfield, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
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