The Avery County Vikings will challenge the Watauga Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Avery County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Watauga better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Avery County really get things going. Avery County never let Ashe County onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory on Wednesday. The Vikings might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by three goals or more this season.
Kaden Knight and
Aiden Hart scored all three of Avery County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to eight goals.
Meanwhile, Watauga had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. They walked away with a 2-0 win over the Rams. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Rams are ranked 311th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
The victory made it two in a row for Avery County and bumps their season record up to 4-1. As for Watauga, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-1 record this season.
Avery County came up short against Watauga in their previous meeting back in September of 2017, falling 2-0. Will Avery County have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more soccer content.
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