Chiles is 2-8 against Niceville since December of 2014 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Chiles Timberwolves are on the road again and plays the Niceville Eagles at 6:00 p.m. on February 21st. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Chiles had no problem doing just that on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Panthers a 3-0 shutout. Given Chiles' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 15th, while Nease is ranked 90th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Chiles was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Caleb Gaines and
Isaac Mayer, who scored all three of Chiles' goals. The pair have combined for a total of 19 so far this season.
Meanwhile, Niceville had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals), and they went ahead and made it 14 on Friday. They blew past Tate 5-0. Niceville's defense has been rock solid lately; the team hasn't given up a goal in their last five matches.
Chiles is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4-2 record this season. As for Niceville, their victory was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-2-1.
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