The South Lenoir Blue Devils will look to defend their home pitch on Thursday against the Richlands Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. Neither South Lenoir nor Richlands posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
South Lenoir is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Wallace-Rose Hill last Tuesday. South Lenoir fell just short of Wallace-Rose Hill by a score of 1-0. South Lenoir has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Richlands kept a clean sheet against Dixon on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Bulldogs 1-0. Richlands' winning goal came courtesy of Kamrey Watkins.
South Lenoir's loss dropped their record down to 7-10-1. As for Richlands, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8-1 record this season.
South Lenoir suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Richlands in their previous matchup back in April of 2016. Can South Lenoir avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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