Clinton has won six straight games at home, while James Kenan has won six straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Clinton Dark Horses will challenge the James Kenan Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Clinton is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They never let Roanoke Rapids onto the board and left with a 5-0 victory. Given the Dark Horses' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 228th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, James Kenan made easy work of Seaforth on Friday and carried off a 3-0 win.
James Kenan is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-1 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 42 goals over those nine contests. As for Clinton, their victory bumped their record up to 25-2.
Clinton was able to grind out a solid win over James Kenan in their previous meeting back in September, winning 3-1. Will Clinton repeat their success, or does James Kenan have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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