McMinn Central is on a four-game streak of home losses, and Polk County a three-game streak of away losses. However, someone's due for a change in luck on Thursday. The McMinn Central Chargers will be playing at home against the Polk County Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. McMinn Central will be strutting in after a win while Polk County will be coming in after a defeat.
McMinn Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Lookout Valley on Tuesday as they made off with an 8-2 victory. The contest was close at halftime, but McMinn Central turned on the heat in the second half with five goals.
Their offense was hitting Lookout Valley from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. William Mayfield led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Polk County fell victim to Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Eagles. While losing is never fun, Polk County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 297th, while Chattanooga School for the Liberal Arts are ranked 136th).
Polk County's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for McMinn Central, the win got them back to even at 6-6-1.
McMinn Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Polk County in their previous matchup back in May of 2024, sneaking past 1-0. Will the Chargers repeat their success, or do the Wildcats have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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