With a playoff game on the line, Hough rose to the challenge on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Porter Ridge Pirates a 7-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Hough, who have now won 15 contests by four goals or more so far this season.
The win was the tenth in a row for Hough, bringing their record for this year to 21-1-1. As for Porter Ridge, they are on a ten-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 6-13-1.
Hough will be playing in front of their home fans against East Forsyth at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hough is on a six-game streak of home wins, East Forsyth a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the pitch. Porter Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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