The Union County Panthers will be playing at home against the East Jackson Eagles at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Union County had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.7 goals), and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Leopards a 7-0 shutout. Given Union County's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 89th, while Banks County is ranked 388th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, East Jackson made easy work of Providence Christian Academy on Friday and carried off a 4-1 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for East Jackson.
Union County's victory bumped their record up to 7-1-1. As for East Jackson, their win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-4-1.
Union County skirted past East Jackson 2-1 when the teams last played back in March of 2023. Does Union County have another victory up their sleeve, or will East Jackson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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