The Wharton Wildcats will take on the East Bay Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Wharton and 11 for East Bay.
Wharton is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Newsome on Tuesday. Wharton fell just short of Newsome by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 306th, while Wolves are ranked 144th).
Meanwhile, East Bay didn't have quite enough to beat Chamberlain on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
East Bay's goal came courtesy of Desire Bertir, who's now up to four this season.
Wharton's loss dropped their record down to 5-7-1. As for East Bay, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-13-1.
Wharton came out on top in a nail-biter against East Bay in their previous matchup back in November of 2018, sneaking past 2-1. Does Wharton have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Bay turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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