The Central Kitsap Cougars will head out on the road to take on the Gig Harbor Tides at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Central Kitsap barely beat Lincoln the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Cougars put the hurt on the Abes with a sharp 6-1 victory on Tuesday. Considering Central Kitsap have won four contests by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Gig Harbor came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.7 goals), and they left with even more momentum. Their defense stepped up to hand the T-Birds a 6-0 shutout. Given Gig Harbor's advantage in MaxPreps' Washington soccer rankings (they are ranked 31st, while Mount Tahoma are ranked 199th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Gig Harbor's win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-2. The road victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 14 goals over those three games. As for Central Kitsap, their win bumped their record up to 5-0-3.
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