The Apex Cougars are taking a road trip to take on the Willow Spring Storm at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
On Tuesday, Apex came up short against Apex Friendship and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, Apex can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 161st, while Apex Friendship are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, Willow Spring hadn't done well against Green Level recently (they were 0-6 in their previous six matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. The Storm never let the Gators get on the board and left with a 2-0 victory. Willow Spring found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Cohen Sutton and Lucas Halfacre were both handed yellow cards.
Yader Vallejo and Sebastian Oyuela-Perez scored both of Willow Spring's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 12 goals.
The win made it two in a row for Willow Spring and bumps their season record up to 9-7-3. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those two matches. As for Apex, their loss dropped their record down to 6-9-1.
Apex couldn't quite get it done against Willow Spring in their previous matchup back in September as they fell 2-0. Can the Cougars avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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