Auburndale and Ridge Community are an even 5-5 against one another since November of 2015, but likely not for long. The Auburndale Bloodhounds will host the Ridge Community Bolts at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Auburndale is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 2.6 goals per game this season.
On Wednesday, Auburndale sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 victory over Poinciana. Given the Bloodhounds' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 186th, while the Eagles are ranked 448th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Auburndale hit Poinciana with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Hayden Leake, Brentley Meyer, and Eduardo Lopez-Garcia.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Ridge Community, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 6-2 margin over Davenport on Tuesday. The Bolts might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matches by three goals or more this season.
Ridge Community's win bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Auburndale, their victory bumped their record up to 5-3-1.
Everything went Auburndale's way against Ridge Community in their previous meeting back in November of 2022, as Auburndale made off with a 4-1 win. In that contest, Auburndale amassed a halftime lead of 4-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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