The Hillgrove Hawks will square off against the River Ridge Knights at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Hillgrove will be strutting in after a victory while River Ridge will be coming in after a loss.
River Ridge will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: Hillgrove extended their winning streak to three on Tuesday. The Hawks put the hurt on Wheeler with a sharp 6-2 win. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
Meanwhile, River Ridge faced Sprayberry in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. The Knights fell 3-1 to the Yellow Jackets. River Ridge were red-hot offensively heading into the contest (they scored no less than four goals in the four games prior), but Sprayberry's defense proved too tough.
River Ridge's goal came courtesy of Bennett Vangilder, who's now up to 13 this season.
Having lost for the first time this season, River Ridge fell to 13-1. As for Hillgrove, their victory bumped their record up to 8-6.
Hillgrove skirted past River Ridge 1-0 in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. Will the Hawks repeat their success, or do the Knights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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