The Tocoi Creek Toros and the Beachside Barracudas will compete for holiday cheer at 7:20 p.m. on Thursday. Tocoi Creek will be strutting in after a victory while Beachside will be coming in after a loss.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, Tocoi Creek turned things around against Fernandina Beach on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pirates a 2-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Toros were the better team in the second half.
Micah Kester and Tyler Stone scored both of Tocoi Creek's goals, which were season-firsts for both players.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Beachside was a bit more limited in their match on Monday. They might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Mandarin an easy 5-0 win. While losing is never fun, the Barracudas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 39th, while the Mustangs are ranked third).
Beachside's loss dropped their record down to 8-3-1. As for Tocoi Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 3-5-1.
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