The Central Lions will take on the Northside Patriots at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with six defeats in a row, Central turned things around against Jonesboro on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Cardinals as they made off with an 8-1 victory. It was an even better day for Orlando Ruiz-Perez as he scored six goals for his team.
Meanwhile, Northside had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Tuesday. They put the hurt on the Tigers with a sharp 5-2 win. The Patriots might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
Central's victory was their first in the region, bumping their region record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 2-6. As for Northside, their win bumped their record up to 6-1.
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