The Freedom Patriots are taking a road trip to square off against the Ashe County Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Neither squad made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Freedom took a loss when they played away from home two weeks ago, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against South Caldwell, sneaking past 1-0. The victory was a breath of fresh air for Freedom as it put an end to their six-game losing streak.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of Drew Rogers, who's now up to seven this season.
Meanwhile, Ashe County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They fell 3-1 to Hibriten. While losing is never fun, Ashe County can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 211th, while Hibriten are ranked 82nd).
Ashe County's defeat dropped their record down to 6-5-1. As for Freedom, their win was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-6 and their overall record up to 6-11-1.
Freedom might still be hurting after the 5-2 loss they got from Ashe County in their previous meeting back in April. Can the Patriots avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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