The North Pitt Panthers will head out on the road to square off against the Farmville Central Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
North Pitt's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Greene Central 7-0. The win made it back-to-back victories for North Pitt.
Meanwhile, Farmville Central entered their tilt with SouthWest Edgecombe with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They put the hurt on the Cougars with a sharp 7-0 victory on Tuesday. Considering Farmville Central has won five contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting SouthWest Edgecombe from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Jamya Saddler led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
North Pitt's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-8. As for Farmville Central, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1-1.
North Pitt came out on top in a nail-biter against Farmville Central when the teams last played back in April, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Pitt since the team 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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