Avery County has won three straight games at home, while Owen has won three straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Saturday. The Avery County Vikings will welcome the Owen Warhorses at 1:00 p.m. Avery County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.2 goals per game this season.
Avery County and Madison met for a duel on Monday where Avery County came out on top. Avery County took their match against Madison 3-1. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 119th, while the Patriots are ranked 306th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kaden Knight and
Silas Garceau scored all three of Avery County's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 19 goals.
Meanwhile, Owen kept a clean sheet against NCSSM: Morganton on Monday. They put the hurt on the Dragons with a sharp 8-0 victory. The Warhorses might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four matchups by seven goals or more this season.
Avery County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-1-1 record this season. As for Owen, their win bumped their record up to 5-1-2.
Avery County suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Owen in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Avery County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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