A feisty cat fight will be fought as Greene County challenge Franklin County at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Greene County's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for six straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Friday just wasn't the day for Greene County's offense. They lost 5-0 to Lincoln County on Friday. That's two games in a row now that Greene County have lost by exactly five goals.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Franklin County). Everything went their way against Prince Avenue Christian on Friday as Franklin County made off with a 7-1 victory. With Franklin County ahead 4-0 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
Their offense was hitting Prince Avenue Christian from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Eli Cooling led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
The win made it two in a row for Franklin County and bumps their season record up to 5-5. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored nine goals over those two games. As for Greene County, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.
Greene County couldn't quite get it done against Franklin County when the teams last played back in March of 2019 as they fell 5-3. Can Greene County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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