Smithfield-Selma is 1-9 against West Johnston since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Smithfield-Selma Spartans are on the road again to play the West Johnston Wildcats at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Smithfield-Selma's offense. Their tough 9-0 loss to Fike on Tuesday might stick with them for a while. While losing is never fun, Smithfield-Selma can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 200th, while Fike is ranked 22nd).
Smithfield-Selma was without their leading scorer, Jana Olaya, in Tuesday's contest. With Olaya sidelined, Jimena Garcia got her first action of the season.
Meanwhile, West Johnston can now show off three landslide victories after their most recent matchup on Tuesday. They never let East Wake onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. That's two games straight that West Johnston has won by exactly nine goals.
Smithfield-Selma's defeat dropped their record down to 4-4. As for West Johnston, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 3-3-1 record this season.
Smithfield-Selma might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from West Johnston when the teams last played back in May of 2023. Can Smithfield-Selma avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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