West Johnston has won four straight games at home, while Lee County has won four straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Thursday. The Wildcats will welcome the Yellow Jackets at 6:30 p.m. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
West Johnston's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They skirted past Union Pines 1-0. Even though West Johnston got in a bit of trouble with the refs ( James Kinley was handed a red card), the team managed to overcome the adversity.
West Johnston's one-goal win came courtesy of Jakob Torres, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, Lee County gave up the first goal on Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Triton 2-1. Given Lee County's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 174th, while Triton are ranked 456th) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lee County's victory bumped their record up to 11-6. As for West Johnston, their win bumped their record up to 8-9-1.
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