The East Carter Raiders are taking a road trip to face off against the Rowan County Vikings at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Thursday, everything went East Carter's way against South Point as East Carter made off with a 5-1 victory. Given the Raiders' advantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 89th in Kentucky, while the Pointers are ranked 247th in Ohio), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rowan County). Their defense stepped up to hand Estill County an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. Winning may never get old, but the Vikings sure are getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
The win made it two in a row for East Carter and bumps their season record up to 8-5-1. As for Rowan County, they pushed their record up to 7-1-1 with that victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
East Carter was able to grind out a solid win over Rowan County when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will East Carter repeat their success, or does Rowan County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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