The Whitewater Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Johnson Knights at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Whitewater is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Thursday. They blew past Islands 5-1. The result kept Whitewater happy, as they haven't lost a game since March 5th.
They hit Islands with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Eli Bannister (2),
Cole Barentine,
Jackson Morgan, and
Ryan Daniel.
Meanwhile, Johnson came tearing into Friday's match with 12 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Red Devils a 3-0 shutout. Given Johnson's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 15th, while Druid Hills is ranked 80th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Whitewater is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2-1 record this season. As for Johnson, they pushed their record up to 16-1-1 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home.
Whitewater suffered a grim 7-1 defeat to Johnson when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Can Whitewater avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
