The Central Heights Blue Devils will head out to square off against the Gladewater Bears at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Central Heights will be strutting in after a win while Gladewater will be coming in after a defeat.
If Gladewater heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Central Heights took over last week. The Blue Devils had just enough and edged out Tenaha 2-1 on Monday.
Meanwhile, Gladewater was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They fell 4-2 to Carlisle. While losing is never fun, Gladewater can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 787th, while Carlisle are ranked 373rd).
Gladewater's defeat dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Central Heights, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests. That's provided a massive bump to their 4-4-2 record this season.
Central Heights was able to grind out a solid victory over Gladewater when the teams last played back in January, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Blue Devils 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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