The Neville Tigers will square off against the Byrd Yellow Jackets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Neville sitting on three straight wins and Byrd on five.
Neville's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 3-0 margin over Haughton. Considering the Tigers have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Byrd won against Minden on Friday with two goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Saturday. Byrd came out on top in a nail-biter against Leesville , sneaking past 2-1. Given the Yellow Jackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana soccer rankings (they are ranked ninth, while the Wampus Cats are ranked 69th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Neville is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. Those victories were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only given up two goals over those six matches. As for Byrd, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1-2.
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