The Thompson Warriors will take on the Prattville Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Thompson is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Alabama's top teams: Hewitt-Trussville, who was ranked 20th at the time (Thompson was ranked 17th). Thompson fell just short of Hewitt-Trussville by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. Having soared to a lofty five goals in the game before, the Warriors couldn't push the score so high this time.
Meanwhile, Prattville kept a clean sheet against Hillcrest on Friday. Everything went their way against the Patriots as they made off with a 7-0 win. The result was nothing new for the Lions, who have now won six contests by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Hillcrest from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal. Austin Ledkins led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
The victory made it two in a row for Prattville and bumps their season record up to 9-2. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those two matches. As for Thompson, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4-1.
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