The Central Lions will venture away from home to challenge the Griffin Bears at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Central has given up an average of 2.7 goals per game this season, so hopefully the team got some defensive drills in this week.
Central is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to eight goals last Tuesday, they were much more limited against Northside on Thursday. They came up short against the Patriots, falling 5-1. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 286th, while the Patriots are ranked 46th).
Meanwhile, Griffin hadn't done well against Jonesboro recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Griffin's defense stepped up to hand Jonesboro a 2-0 shutout.
Central's defeat was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Griffin, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
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