The Hickory Red Tornadoes will take on the Statesville Greyhounds at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Hickory is coming into the contest hot, having won their last five games.
If Hickory beats Statesville with two goals on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Hickory won by a goal and slipped past Foard 2-1. Given the Red Tornadoes' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 74th, while the Tigers are ranked 279th), the result on Wednesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
BRAEDEN MCCOURT was the driving force of Hickory's attack as he scored both of Hickory's goals, bringing his season total up to 17 goals.
Meanwhile, Statesville didn't have quite enough to beat St. Stephens on Wednesday and fell 2-1. The Greyhounds haven't had much luck with the Indians recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met.
Hickory is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-3 record this season. As for Statesville, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9-1.
Everything went Hickory's way against Statesville in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Hickory made off with a 6-0 victory. Will Hickory repeat their success, or does Statesville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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