The Enloe Eagles will challenge the Sanderson Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Enloe is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last nine games.
If Enloe beats Sanderson with two goals on Tuesday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Enloe sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Athens Drive on Wednesday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Jaguars are ranked 172nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Sanderson was not quite Broughton's equal in the second half on Wednesday. They fell just short of the Capitals by a score of 1-0. The defeat continues a trend for the Spartans in their matchups with the Capitals: they've now lost nine in a row.
Enloe pushed their record up to 9-1-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. As for Sanderson, they now have a losing record at 4-5-5.
Everything went Enloe's way against Sanderson in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Enloe made off with a 5-1 win. Will Enloe repeat their success, or does Sanderson have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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