The Bessemer City Yellow Jackets are taking a road trip to square off against the Cherryville Ironmen at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Bessemer City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.7 goals per game this season.
Bessemer City will bounce into Wednesday's game after beating East Gaston, who they had gone 1-6 against in their seven prior meetings. Bessemer City came out on top in a nail-biter against East Gaston on Monday, sneaking past 2-1. The win was some much needed relief for the Yellow Jackets as it spelled an end to their three-game losing streak.
Yair Avila and
Christopher Torresgomez scored both of Bessemer City's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, Cherryville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat. They lost 9-0 to Burns. While losing is never fun, the Ironmen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 551st, while the Bulldogs are ranked 239th).
Bessemer City's victory bumped their record up to 4-13-1. As for Cherryville, their loss dropped their record down to 1-19-1.
Everything went Bessemer City's way against Cherryville in their previous meeting on October 7th, as Bessemer City made off with a 9-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bessemer City since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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