Northern Guilford is 6-0-1 against Ragsdale since March of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Northern Guilford Nighthawks are on the road again to play the Ragsdale Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Neither Northern Guilford nor Ragsdale posted many goals in their last games, so it might be the defenses that decide this one.
Northern Guilford's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Ardrey Kell on Friday. They lost 9-0 to the Knights. While losing is never fun, Northern Guilford can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 139th, while Ardrey Kell is ranked 13th).
Northern Guilford was without their leading scorer, Banks Gdovin, in Friday's game. With Gdovin sidelined, Northern Guilford had to make some changes to the lineup. And.
Meanwhile, Ragsdale kept a clean sheet against Southwest Guilford on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past the Cowboys 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Ragsdale was the better team in the second half.
Northern Guilford has traveled a rocky road recently having lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-9-1 record this season. As for Ragsdale, the victory got them back to even at 8-8-2.
Northern Guilford took their win against Ragsdale in their previous meeting back in April by a conclusive 6-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Northern Guilford since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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