Austin-East is preparing for their first district matchup of the season on Tuesday. They will venture away from home to take on the Carter Green Hornets at 6:30 p.m. Austin-East's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for five straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
It was a classic East v. West duel when Austin-East took on West on Tuesday. Austin-East lost 3-0 to West. While losing is never fun, Austin-East can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 151st, while West are ranked 28th).
Meanwhile, Carter didn't have quite enough to beat Heritage on Sunday and fell 2-1. Carter have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Their goal came courtesy of Ashby Scott, who's now up to four this season.
Carter's defeat dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Austin-East, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
Everything went Austin-East's way against Carter in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, as Austin-East made off with a 9-0 win. Does Austin-East have another victory up their sleeve, or will Carter turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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