The Heritage Mountaineers are taking a road trip to square off against the Sevier County Smoky Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Heritage headed into their last match having not scored more than one goal for five straight, but Sequoyah let them put that streak behind them. The Mountaineers were the clear victors by a 7-1 margin over the Chiefs on Monday. The score was close at halftime, but Heritage pulled away in the second half with five goals.
Their offense was hitting Sequoyah from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Jordan Fox led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Sevier County hasn't lost a match since March 17th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They never let Knoxville Central get on the board and left with a 3-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Sevier County, who have now won nine matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Sevier County is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 12-2-2 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 32 goals over those six matches. As for Heritage, their victory was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 2-13-1.
Heritage was able to grind out a solid win over Sevier County in their previous matchup back in September of 2016, winning 4-2. Do the Mountaineers have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Smoky Bears turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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