Alexander Central is 2-8 against Watauga since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Alexander Central Cougars will be playing at home against the Watauga Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Alexander Central beats Watauga with three goals on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Alexander Central walked away with a 3-1 win over South Caldwell on Wednesday. That's two games straight that the Cougars have won by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Watauga had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.8 goals) and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They came out on top against the Huskies by a score of 3-1. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Huskies are ranked 310th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Curtis Sevensky and
Alex Aguilar scored all three of Watauga's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
The victory made it two in a row for Alexander Central and bumps their season record up to 11-5. As for Watauga, they have been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3-2 record this season.
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