Bandys is 2-8 against West Caldwell since September of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Bandys Trojans and the West Caldwell Warriors are set to duel.
Bandys is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Newton-Conover on Wednesday. They fell 3-1 to the Red Devils. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 230th, while the Red Devils are ranked 106th).
Meanwhile, West Caldwell waltzed into their match on Thursday with two straight wins... but they left with three. Their defense stepped up to hand the Rebels a 9-0 shutout. Considering the Warriors have won nine matchups by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting West Lincoln from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Jayco Castro led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Bandys' defeat dropped their record down to 12-7-1. As for West Caldwell, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
Bandys might still be hurting after the 7-1 loss they got from West Caldwell when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Bandys avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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