West Johnston and Smithfield-Selma are an even 5-5 against one another since October of 2019, but likely not for long. The West Johnston Wildcats will challenge the Smithfield-Selma Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. West Johnston is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
West Johnston is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Fike on Thursday. West Johnston fell just short of Fike by a score of 2-1. Landon Tetreault was hit with a yellow card, which may have had some impact on his (and the team's) ability to make aggressive plays.
West Johnston's goal came courtesy of
Famany Zogbelamou, who's now up to 26 this season.
Meanwhile, Smithfield-Selma waltzed into their contest on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They were the clear victor by a 4-1 margin over the Trojans. The Spartans might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won eight matches by three goals or more this season.
West Johnston's loss dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Smithfield-Selma, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-6-1 record this season.
West Johnston came up short against Smithfield-Selma when the teams last played back in September, falling 4-2. Can West Johnston avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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