White Oak was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss. They fell just short of the Northside - Jacksonville Monarchs by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, White Oak can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 358th, while Northside - Jacksonville is ranked 178th).
White Oak's defeat dropped their record down to 2-11-3. As for Northside - Jacksonville, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-7-2.
White Oak will look to defend their home pitch on Friday against Richlands at 6:00 p.m. Richlands is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season. As for Northside - Jacksonville, they will head out on the road to take on Havelock at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Northside - Jacksonville will be up against Havelock's rather soft defense (which has allowed five goals per matchup), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance.
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