The Western Alamance Warriors will be staying on the road on Monday to face off against the Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves at 6:45 p.m. Western Alamance is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.5 goals per game this season.
Last Wednesday, Western Alamance was able to grind out a solid win over Williams, taking the game 3-1. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 44th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 166th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Konner Johnson and
Grant Bacchus scored all three of Western Alamance's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 21 goals.
Meanwhile, after soaring to four goals the game before, Cedar Ridge was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They lost 6-1 to Orange. The defeat continues a trend for the Fighting Red Wolves in their matchups with the Panthers: they've now lost three in a row.
Western Alamance pushed their record up to 16-1 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Cedar Ridge, their loss dropped their record down to 6-8-2.
Everything went Western Alamance's way against Cedar Ridge when the teams last played back in September, as Western Alamance made off with a 6-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Western Alamance since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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