Millington Central is 8-2 against Haywood since March of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Millington Central Trojans will head out on the road to square off against the Haywood Tomcats at 6:00 p.m. Millington Central is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.9 goals per game this season.
Millington Central is hoping to deliver their fans another blowout on Friday, just like they did against Bolton (and have done all season long). Millington Central blew past Bolton 7-2. Given Millington Central's advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 118th, while Bolton is ranked 280th), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Millington Central's offense was hitting Bolton from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
McCoy Pugh led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Haywood kept a clean sheet against Gibson County on Thursday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the team sidled past the Pioneers 1-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for Haywood.
Millington Central has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season. As for Haywood, they now have a winning record of 7-6-1.
Millington Central beat Haywood 3-1 in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Millington Central since the squad 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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