The Hunt Warriors's road trip will continue as they head out to face the South Johnston Trojans at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Hunt will be strutting in after a win while South Johnston will be coming in after a defeat.
Hunt will bounce into Monday's match after beating Fike, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Hunt had just enough and edged Fike out 2-1 on Wednesday. The Warriors wouldn't have won without Dominick Hamilton, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, South Johnston was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They came up short against West Johnston, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 409th, while the Wildcats are ranked 189th).
Hunt is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-11-1 record this season. As for South Johnston, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-14.
Hunt was able to grind out a solid victory over South Johnston when the teams last played two weeks ago, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Hunt since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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