North Lenoir has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will square off against the Washington Pam Pack at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
North Lenoir is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Rosewood a 9-0 shutout on Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Something new happened on Monday as YAHIR HERNANDEZ saw his first action of the season, playing ten minutes against Rosewood. HERNANDEZ made the most of the opportunity, scoring two goals. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Meanwhile, Washington put another one in the bag on Monday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Manteo 5-1. Given the Pam Pack's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Redskins are ranked 160th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
North Lenoir is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 4-4 record this season. As for Washington, their win bumped their record up to 8-0.
North Lenoir came up short against Washington in their previous matchup back in August, falling 4-2. Can North Lenoir avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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