The Bartram Trail Bears and the Tocoi Creek Toros will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Tocoi Creek will challenge a team with plenty of momentum: Bartram Trail extended their winning streak to three on Saturday. The Bears never let Arnold get on the board and left with a 1-0 victory. The win was all the more spectacular given Bartram Trail's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 104th, while Arnold are ranked first).
Meanwhile, Tocoi Creek fell victim to Beachside and their airtight defense on Friday. They came up short against the Barracudas, falling 4-0. The defeat continues a trend for Tocoi Creek in their meetings with Beachside: they've now lost four in a row.
Having lost for the first time this season, Tocoi Creek fell to 7-1-1. As for Bartram Trail, their victory bumped their record up to 6-3-1.
Bartram Trail came out on top in a nail-biter against Tocoi Creek in their previous matchup back in January, sneaking past 3-2. Will the Bears repeat their success, or do the Toros have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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