The Heritage Patriots will head out on the road to square off against the Newton Rams at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Heritage has three straight wins, Newton has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
On Tuesday, Heritage needed a bit of extra time to put away Woodland. They won by a goal and slipped past the Wolfpack 2-1. Given Heritage's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 112th, while Woodland are ranked 312th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Tuesday just wasn't the day for Newton's offense. They lost 3-0 to Grovetown on Tuesday.
Newton's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Heritage, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-6.
Heritage beat Newton 2-0 when the teams last played back in March. Will the Patriots repeat their success, or do the Rams have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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