Hough is on a six-game streak of home wins, while East Forsyth is on a three-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Hough Huskies will take on the East Forsyth Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Hough is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand Porter Ridge a 7-0 shutout. Given Hough's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 15th, while Porter Ridge is ranked 144th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Hough's offense was hitting Porter Ridge from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Avery Rush led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but East Forsyth ultimately got the result they hoped for on Monday. They blew past Sun Valley 5-2.
Hough's victory bumped their record up to 21-1-1. As for East Forsyth, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5-2 record this season.
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