The Hume-Fogg Blue Knights will face off against the Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet Royals at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet took a loss in their last game and will be looking to turn the tables on Hume-Fogg, who comes in off a win.
Hume-Fogg's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. Everything went their way against RePublic as they made off with a 6-0 victory. It was an even better day for Samuel Strausbaugh as he scored three goals for his team.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet and Montgomery Bell Academy, and Montgomery Bell Academy kept the tradition alive. The Royals lost 4-0 to the Big Red on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee soccer rankings (they are ranked 90th, while Montgomery Bell Academy are ranked seventh).
Hume-Fogg is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a massive bump to their 6-3-1 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 11 goals over those four games. As for Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-3.
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