The Houston County Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Tift County Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. Houston County is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Two weeks ago, Houston County sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Northside. Given Houston County's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 50th, while Northside is ranked 134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Tift County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight defeat. They fell just short of Valdosta by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that Tift County has lost by just one goal.
Houston County is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Tift County, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11-1.
Houston County beat Tift County 2-0 when the teams last played back in March. The rematch might be a little tougher for Houston County since the team 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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