The Shady Spring Tigers will take on the Pocahontas County Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Shady Spring is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They blew past James Monroe 11-1 on Tuesday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 17th, while the Mavericks are ranked 73rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Pocahontas County and Midland Trail combined for 26 shots on goal on Tuesday, which explains the impressive ten total goals scored. Pocahontas County never let Midland Trail onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. That ten goal margin sets a new team best for the Warriors this season.
Their offense was hitting Midland Trail from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Trenton Brock led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Shady Spring has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-2-1 record this season. As for Pocahontas County, they now have a winning record of 5-4-1.
Shady Spring took their win against Pocahontas County in their previous matchup back in September by a conclusive 4-1. Does Shady Spring have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pocahontas County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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