Pike Road won against Park Crossing last Thursday with three goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Friday. The Pike Road Patriots came out on top against the Russell County Warriors by a score of 3-1. Given Pike Road's advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama soccer rankings (they are ranked 44th, while Russell County is ranked 177th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pike Road was led to victory by the tag-team duo of
Toby Longnecker and
Carter Knopf, who scored all three of Pike Road's goals. The pair have combined for a total of 28 so far this season.
Pike Road has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-7-1 record this season. As for Russell County, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-11.
Pike Road will head out on the road to face off against Auburn at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pike Road is strutting in with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season. Russell County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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