The Hillcrest Rams will head out on the road to take on the T.L. Hanna Yellow Jackets at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Hillcrest will be looking to extend their current six-game winning streak.
Hillcrest is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: J.L. Mann, who was ranked first in their home state at the time (Hillcrest was ranked tenth). Hillcrest won by a goal and slipped past J.L. Mann 2-1. Hillcrest wouldn't have won without Sebastian Restrepo, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, Wednesday just wasn't the day for T.L. Hanna's offense. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of J.L. Mann on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, T.L. Hanna can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while J.L. Mann is ranked first).
Hillcrest pushed their record up to 16-3 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for T.L. Hanna, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-8.
Everything went Hillcrest's way against T.L. Hanna in their previous meeting back in March as Hillcrest made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hillcrest since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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