The Christ the King Crusaders's road trip will continue as they head out to face the Pine Lake Prep Pride at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Christ the King will be hoping to continue their five-game streak of scoring more goals each game than the last.
Christ the King's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They put the hurt on Langtree Charter with a sharp 5-0 win. Given the Crusaders' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Lions are ranked 475th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Pine Lake Prep put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their undefeated season alive. They walked away with a 3-1 victory over Community School of Davidson. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Pride's Sawyer Basinger and the Spartans' Owen Hamilton and Antonio Obando were all carded.
Pine Lake Prep hit Community School of Davidson with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Brody Meyer,
William Harris, and
Cole Sheets.
Christ the King's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-4. As for Pine Lake Prep, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-0-3 record this season.
Christ the King came up short against Pine Lake Prep when the teams last played back in September, falling 2-0. Can Christ the King avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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