Madison County is 1-9 against Clarke County since May of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Madison County Mountaineers will head out on the road to take on the Clarke County Eagles at 5:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Madison County's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They put the hurt on Luray with a sharp 9-0 victory. Given Madison County's advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 116th, while Luray is ranked 290th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Clarke County came tearing into Tuesday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.9 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They beat the Generals by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 6-0. Clarke County's winning goal came courtesy of Caden Mercer.
The win made it two in a row for Madison County and bumps their season record up to 13-3. As for Clarke County, they pushed their record up to 14-2-1 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
Madison County suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Clarke County in their previous meeting two weeks ago. Can Madison County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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