The Southland Academy Raiders are taking a road trip to challenge the Dougherty Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Southland Academy is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten goals back in March, they were much more limited against Sherwood Christian Academy last Tuesday. They came up short against the Eagles, falling 4-1. While losing is never fun, Southland Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 386th, while Sherwood Christian Academy are ranked 172nd).
Meanwhile, Dougherty waltzed into their match last Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tornadoes a 10-0 shutout. Considering Dougherty have won five contests by more than four goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Dougherty's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Southland Academy, they now have a losing record of 2-3.
Southland Academy might still be hurting after the 10-2 loss they got from Dougherty in their previous meeting back in February. Can the Raiders avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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