The Jackson-Milton Bluejays will challenge the Heartland Christian Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Jackson-Milton has four straight wins, Heartland Christian has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Jackson-Milton is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Garfield on Wednesday as Jackson-Milton made off with a 9-0 victory. With that win, the Bluejays brought their scoring average up to 2.9 goals per game.
Their offense was hitting Garfield from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Preston McCabe led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Heartland Christian fell victim to Bristol and their airtight defense on Friday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 6-0.
Jackson-Milton is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-3 record this season. As for Heartland Christian, their loss dropped their record down to 2-10.
Jackson-Milton beat Heartland Christian 2-0 in their previous meeting on September 5th. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jackson-Milton 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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