The Stone Mountain Pirates will head out on the road to take on the Stephenson Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Neither of those teams managed to put together many goals in their previous contests, so the offenses might be a little more motivated than usual.
Last Monday, Stone Mountain was the victim of a rough 4-1 loss at the hands of Clarkston. While losing is never fun, Stone Mountain can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 258th, while Clarkston is ranked 52nd).
Stone Mountain's goal came courtesy of
Lester Cruz, who's now up to three this season.
Meanwhile, Stephenson unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They ended up on the wrong side of a tough 3-0 walloping at the hands of Holy Innocents Episcopal.
Stone Mountain has traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season. As for Stephenson, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-4.
Stone Mountain came up short against Stephenson when the teams last played back in March of 2023, falling 4-2. Can Stone Mountain avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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