The Apollo Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Henderson County Colonels at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Apollo is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
Apollo is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Daviess County just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Tuesday. They lost 5-1 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky soccer rankings (they are ranked 83rd, while the Panthers are ranked ninth).
Apollo's goal came courtesy of
Kara Green, who's now up to ten this season.
Meanwhile, Henderson County had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.3 goals), and they went ahead and made it five on Thursday. They walked away with a 3-1 win over the Blazers. That's two games straight that the Colonels have won by exactly two goals.
Apollo's defeat dropped their record down to 8-5. As for Henderson County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Apollo suffered a grim 8-0 defeat to Henderson County in their previous meeting back in September of 2022. Can Apollo avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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