Eastern Wayne is 0-7 against North Johnston since March of 2022 but things could change on Thursday. Eastern Wayne will welcome North Johnston at 6:30 p.m. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Eastern Wayne sitting on three straight wins and North Johnston on seven.
Eastern Wayne had to skate by with only a one-goal margin when they last took the pitch, which might have inspired the four-goal drubbing they dealt Beddingfield on Tuesday. Eastern Wayne put the hurt on Beddingfield with a sharp 5-1 victory. Eastern Wayne might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight games by three goals or more this season.
They hit Beddingfield with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Taylor Waters (3), Jayla Woodard, and Zoreale Woodard.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when North Johnston took on Goldsboro on Tuesday. North Johnston came out on top against Goldsboro by a score of 3-1. Given North Johnston's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 181st, while Goldsboro are ranked 385th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Eastern Wayne pushed their record up to 10-1-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 29 goals over those six contests. As for North Johnston, their win bumped their record up to 8-2.
Eastern Wayne might still be hurting after the 5-1 defeat they got from North Johnston in their previous meeting back in April of 2024. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Eastern Wayne was down 4-1.
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