The Hedgesville Eagles will face off against the Jefferson Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hedgesville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 11 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Hedgesville is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Greenbrier East on Saturday. Hedgesville fell just short of Greenbrier East by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' West Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 60th, while the Spartans are ranked 11th).
Meanwhile, Jefferson's contest on Thursday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They never let Hampshire onto the board and left with a 3-0 victory. That's two games straight that the Cougars have won by exactly three goals.
Jefferson was without their leading scorer, Dominic Perrino, in Thursday's matchup. With Perrino sitting this one out, Jason Hall got some extra time on the pitch (50 vs. his season average of 23.3). Hall made the most of the opportunity, scoring two goals. A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.
Hedgesville's loss dropped their record down to 1-11-1. As for Jefferson, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-5-2.
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