Carthage is 1-9 against Center since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Carthage Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Center Roughriders at 6:45 p.m. Carthage will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings (they are ranked 437th, while Center is ranked 218th).
After soaring to seven goals the game before, Carthage were a bit more limited in their matchup on Tuesday. They were the victim of a rough 4-1 defeat at the hands of Kilgore.
Carthage's goal came courtesy of
Jesus Lopez, who's now up to five this season.
Meanwhile, Center came tearing into Friday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.2 goals) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 4-2 win over Henderson. Four seems to be a good number for Center as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Carthage's defeat dropped their record down to 9-9-1. As for Center, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Carthage might still be hurting after the 5-1 defeat they got from Center in their previous matchup back in February. Can Carthage avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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