The Pope Greyhounds will head out to square off against the Creekview Grizzlies at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pope's defense has only allowed 0.4 goals per game this season, so Creekview's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Pope is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering South Forsyth just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of the War Eagles by a score of 1-0. The shutout was out of character for Pope seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in February.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Monday Creekview sidestepped Forsyth Central for a 6-5 victory.
Creekview is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games. That's provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. Those wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 36 goals over those ten contests. As for Pope, their defeat dropped their record down to 13-3.
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