Bessemer City is 0-8 against East Gaston since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Bessemer City Yellow Jackets will head out on the road to square off against the East Gaston Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Bessemer City will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 499th, while East Gaston is ranked 164th).
Bessemer City lost 8-1 to Shelby on Tuesday. Bessemer City has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, in what's become a running theme this season, East Gaston gave their fans yet another huge win on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Burns an 8-0 shutout. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for East Gaston considering their one-goal performance the matchup before.
Bessemer City's loss dropped their record down to 2-12. As for East Gaston, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-1 record this season.
Bessemer City suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to East Gaston in their previous matchup back in March. Can Bessemer City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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