Hillside is 1-9 against Northern Durham since October of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Hillside Hornets are on the road again to play the Northern Durham Knights at 6:45 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Hillside's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Riverside-Durham on Tuesday. They lost 8-0 to the Pirates. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 364th, while the Pirates are ranked 107th).
Meanwhile, Northern Durham was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They fell just short of Riverside-Durham by a score of 2-1. The match was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Knights couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Christian Loyo, which was the first he's scored this season.
Hillside's defeat dropped their record down to 5-9-1. As for Northern Durham, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10-2.
Hillside might still be hurting after the 5-0 defeat they got from Northern Durham when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Hillside avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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