The Leesville Road Pride will take on the Green Hope Falcons at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Leesville Road sitting on four straight wins and Green Hope on five.
Leesville Road is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 5-1 margin over Panther Creek on Monday. Given the Pride's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Catamounts are ranked 310th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leesville Road hit Panther Creek with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Dillon Demidovich (2),
Paxton Cruikshank, and
Julien Tubbs.
Meanwhile, Green Hope won against Broughton on Tuesday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Wednesday. Green Hope had just enough and edged Heritage out 2-1. That's two games straight that the Falcons have won by just one goal.
Leesville Road's victory bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Green Hope, they pushed their record up to 5-0 with that win, which was their third straight on the road.
Leesville Road was able to grind out a solid victory over Green Hope in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, winning 2-0. Will Leesville Road repeat their success, or does Green Hope have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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