The Cumberland Gap Panthers will take on the Gatlinburg-Pittman Highlanders at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Cumberland Gap and seven for Gatlinburg-Pittman.
Cumberland Gap's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Chuckey-Doak on Tuesday. They lost 9-0 to the Black Knights. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 272nd, while the Black Knights are ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, Gatlinburg-Pittman also failed to score in their most recent game. They fell just short of Grainger by a score of 1-0 on Tuesday.
Cumberland Gap's loss dropped their record down to 1-8. As for Gatlinburg-Pittman, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10.
Cumberland Gap took their win against Gatlinburg-Pittman when the teams last played back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 4-1. In that matchup, Cumberland Gap amassed a halftime lead of 3-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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