East Gaston is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Maiden an eight-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Thursday. The East Gaston Warriors will look to defend their home pitch against the Maiden Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
East Gaston is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Stuart W. Cramer on Wednesday. The Warriors fell 2-0 to the Storm. That's two games in a row now that East Gaston have lost by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Maiden fell victim to Hickory and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Red Tornadoes, falling 9-0. While losing is never fun, Maiden can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 478th, while Hickory are ranked 47th).
Maiden's loss dropped their record down to 2-19. As for East Gaston, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-15-1.
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