The Palisades Pumas will square off against the Watauga Pioneers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Palisades is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Palisades' offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Ardrey Kell last Thursday. They came up short against the Knights, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Pumas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 133rd, while the Knights are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Watauga had already won nine in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.2 goals) and they went ahead and made it ten on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 7-0 margin over the Spartans. The result was nothing new for the Pioneers, who have now won ten games by three goals or more so far this season.
Watauga has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 17 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-3-2 record this season. As for Palisades, their loss dropped their record down to 12-8.
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