East Wake hasn't had much luck against West Johnston recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The East Wake Warriors will challenge the West Johnston Wildcats at 6:30 p.m.
East Wake is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against C.B. Aycock on Monday. East Wake fell just short of C.B. Aycock by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Warriors can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 278th, while the Golden Falcons are ranked 73rd).
East Wake's goal came courtesy of
Juan Serrano-Luna, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask West Johnston). They blew past Southern Wayne 6-1 on Monday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Wildcats considering their one-goal performance the game before.
East Wake's loss dropped their record down to 6-10-2. As for West Johnston, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-6 record this season.
East Wake came up short against West Johnston in their previous meeting back in September, falling 3-1. Can East Wake avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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