The Northampton Yellowjackets will face off against the Franklin Broncos at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Northampton's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They were the clear victors by a 7-0 margin over Arcadia. Northampton might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Arcadia from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Luke Jones led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, Franklin made sure to put some goals up on the board against Appomattox Regional Governor's Arts & Tech on Friday. They put the hurt on the Dragons with a sharp 4-1 win. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Franklin's offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Northampton has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-2-1 record this season. As for Franklin, their victory bumped their record up to 4-7.
Everything went Northampton's way against Franklin in their previous meeting back in March, as Northampton made off with an 11-0 win. Will the Yellowjackets repeat their success, or do the Broncos have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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