The Fairview Yellowjackets will venture away from home to challenge the Henry County Patriots at 8:40 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Henry County is hoping to do what Overton couldn't on Wednesday: put an end to Fairview's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Fairview's defense stepped up to hand Overton a 3-0 shutout. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Bobcats are ranked 113th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
While Henry County didn't have the best season last year (they finished 4-8), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They put the hurt on Huntingdon with a sharp 8-1 victory on Tuesday. The game marked the Patriots' most dominant win of the season.
They hit Huntingdon with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Olivia Kendall (3),
Willow Phillips (2), and
Ellie Hamlin.
Fairview's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-1. As for Henry County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 6-1-1 record this season.
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