The West Wilkes Blackhawks will venture away from home to challenge the North Wilkes Vikings at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. West Wilkes comes in still looking for their first win of the season.
West Wilkes is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Friday, they were much more limited against Forbush on Tuesday. They came up short against the Falcons, falling 6-1. The game was up for grabs at halftime, but sadly West Wilkes struggled afterwards.
Their goal came courtesy of Salem Woodruff, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, North Wilkes hadn't done well against East Wilkes recently (they were 2-7 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. North Wilkes' defense stepped up to hand East Wilkes a 1-0 shutout. Surprisingly, this marked the sixth straight game that the away team has come away the victor.
North Wilkes' win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 2-6-1. As for West Wilkes, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
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