The Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes will venture away from home to square off against the Cherokee Bluff Bears at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Monroe Area is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.8 goals per game this season.
Monroe Area made up a huge gap compared to their last game against Salem, but they still couldn't quite topple them. Monroe Area's defense stepped up to hand Salem a 9-0 shutout on Tuesday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Purple Hurricanes needed considering they were shut out in their previous match.
Meanwhile, Cherokee Bluff was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their eighth straight defeat. They came up short against Greater Atlanta Christian, falling 10-1. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 328th, while the Spartans are ranked 80th).
Monroe Area pushed their record up to 7-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 22 goals over those four games. As for Cherokee Bluff, their loss dropped their record down to 0-8.
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