The South Caldwell Spartans will square off against the Freedom Patriots at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for South Caldwell and six for Freedom.
Thursday just wasn't the day for South Caldwell's offense. They came up short against Watauga last Thursday, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, South Caldwell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while Watauga are ranked 98th).
Meanwhile, Freedom managed to keep up with Hibriten until halftime last Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Patriots lost 7-0 to the Panthers.
South Caldwell's loss dropped their record down to 7-7-1. As for Freedom, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-11-1.
South Caldwell skirted past Freedom 2-1 in their previous matchup on April 4th. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Spartans since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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