A feisty cat fight will be fought when Cougars challenges the Hibriten Panthers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Alexander Central comes in on three and Hibriten on six.
Alexander Central is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They never let Freedom onto the board and left with an 8-0 win on Thursday. Given the Cougars' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Patriots are ranked 343rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Hibriten made easy work of South Caldwell on Thursday and carried off a 4-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Panthers, who have now won seven games by three goals or more so far this season.
ERIC MEZA and
JEFFERSON GALO scored all four of Hibriten's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 27 goals.
Alexander Central's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-3. As for Hibriten, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-1 record this season.
Alexander Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Hibriten when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 3-2. Will Alexander Central repeat their success, or does Hibriten have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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