West Wilkes hasn't had much luck against Starmount recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The West Wilkes Blackhawks will be staying on the road to face off against the Starmount Rams at 5:30 p.m. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
West Wilkes' offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against Ashe County two weeks ago. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Huskies. While losing is never fun, the Blackhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 319th, while the Huskies are ranked 138th).
Meanwhile, for the first time this season, Starmount was forced to settle for a draw. They and Forbush finished up on equal footing with a 1-1 draw on Thursday. The game got a bit rough at times, as the refs handed out a total of three yellow cards before it was all over: the Rams' Juan Paloalto and Josue Maya and the Falcons' Aaron Andrade were all carded.
Starmount's goal came courtesy of
Sebastian Rodriguez, who's now up to eight this season.
West Wilkes now has a losing record at 1-2-1. Starmount's draw makes their record 4-1-1 this season.
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