The Pine Forest Trojans will take on the Overhills Jaguars at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Overhills will be up against a hot Pine Forest squad: the team just extended their winning streak to ten. The Trojans never let Triton get on the board and left with a 5-0 win on Friday. Give Pine Forest's defense some credit: that's the team's seventh straight shutout.
Meanwhile, Overhills had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4.6 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They were the clear victors by a 5-0 margin over the Wolverines. Given Overhills' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 237th, while Westover are ranked 478th) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pine Forest pushed their record up to 13-0-1 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. The road wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only given up zero goals over those four matches. As for Overhills, their victory bumped their record up to 9-5.
Pine Forest couldn't quite get it done against Overhills when the teams last played back in May of 2024 as they fell 4-2. Can the Trojans avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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