The West Ashley Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Porter-Gaud Cyclones at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
West Ashley is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of South Carolina's top teams: Stratford, who was ranked fifth at the time (West Ashley was ranked 16th). The Wildcats lost 5-2 to the Knights on Tuesday. The contest was up for grabs at halftime, but sadly West Ashley struggled afterwards.
Meanwhile, Porter-Gaud had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They never let the Highlanders get on the board and left with a 10-0 victory. Considering Porter-Gaud have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Porter-Gaud's win bumped their record up to 8-2. As for West Ashley, the defeat snapped their winning streak at five matches and leaves them with a 9-4 record.
Everything went West Ashley's way against Porter-Gaud in their previous matchup back in February, as West Ashley made off with a 3-0 victory. Will the Wildcats repeat their success, or do the Cyclones have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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