The Stanhope Elmore Mustangs will head out to take on the Pike Road Patriots at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty goal totals in their previous games.
Stanhope Elmore took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They never let Percy Julian get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The result was nothing new for the Mustangs, who have now won three contests by four goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Percy Julian from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal. Thomas Richardson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Pike Road's match on Thursday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. Everything went their way against Russell County as Pike Road made off with a 6-3 win. The Patriots haven't had any issues with the Warriors recently, as the game was their sixth consecutive victory against them.
Stanhope Elmore is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 31 goals over those six contests. Pike Road's win bumped their record up to 5-2.
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