The Walnut Grove Wildcats will take on the Southwest Dragons at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Walnut Grove is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They were the clear victors by a 5-1 margin over Americas. The victory was familiar territory for Walnut Grove, who have now won 14 matchups in a row.
They hit Americas with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Mason Kutch (3), Wheeler Clayton, and Luke Bitner.
Meanwhile, Southwest came tearing into Friday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.6 goals), and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the Wildcats a 5-0 shutout. The final result isn't all the surprising considering Southwest's considerable advantage in MaxPreps' Texas soccer rankings (they are ranked 21st, while Angleton are ranked 292nd).
Walnut Grove pushed their record up to 24-0-2 with the win, which was their tenth straight on the road. Those road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 44 goals over those ten games. As for Southwest, their win bumped their record up to 25-1.
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