With a playoff game on the line, Hickory rose to the challenge on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Ledford Panthers an 8-0 shutout. Winning may never get old, but Hickory sure is getting used to it with their 16th in a row.
Their offense was hitting Ledford from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Piper Jillings led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Hickory is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-3-1 record this season. As for Ledford, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 9-10-2.
Hickory will be playing at home against Asheboro at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hickory is on a ten-game streak of home wins, Asheboro a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch. Ledford does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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