The Crestview Bulldogs will take on the South Walton Seahawks at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Crestview has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with six straight defeats, while South Walton will come in with three straight wins.
Monday just wasn't the day for Crestview's offense. They lost 5-0 to Choctawhatchee on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 452nd, while the Indians are ranked 187th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask South Walton). Their defense stepped up to hand Marianna an 8-0 shutout on Tuesday. The Seahawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Marianna with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Martin Fajardo (3), Michael Codner (2), Gavin Wilde (2), and Nate Lech.
South Walton's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-2-2. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only given up one goal over those three matches. As for Crestview, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Crestview came up short against South Walton in their previous matchup back in January of 2023, falling 2-0. Can Crestview avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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