The Jonesboro Hurricane will head out on the road to take on the North Little Rock Charging Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Jonesboro is coming into the matchup on a four-game losing streak.
Jonesboro's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Conway on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Wampus Cats by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, Jonesboro can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas soccer rankings (they are ranked 49th, while Conway is ranked second).
Meanwhile, North Little Rock suffered a rough 8-3 loss at the hands of Catholic on Tuesday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for North Little Rock in their matchups with Catholic: they've now lost five in a row.
Jonesboro's loss dropped their record down to 4-14-2. As for North Little Rock, they now have a losing record at 7-8-1.
Everything went Jonesboro's way against North Little Rock when the teams last played on April 2nd as Jonesboro made off with a 3-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jonesboro since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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