North Lenoir is 10-0 against South Lenoir since October of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Monday. The North Lenoir Hawks will head out on the road to square off against the South Lenoir Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. North Lenoir is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.
North Lenoir's offense might be in the hot seat on Monday considering what happened against James Kenan on Wednesday. They lost 9-0 to the Tigers. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 285th, while the Tigers are ranked 98th).
Meanwhile, South Lenoir didn't have quite enough to beat East Duplin on Wednesday and fell 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Blue Devils have lost by just one goal.
Their goal came courtesy of
Emilio Salinas, who's now up to nine this season.
North Lenoir's loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for South Lenoir, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 10-10-1 record this season.
North Lenoir came out on top in a nail-biter against South Lenoir in their previous meeting on October 2nd, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for North Lenoir since the squad 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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