The Pope Greyhounds will head out on the road to face off against the Hillgrove Hawks at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Pope sitting on six straight victories and Hillgrove on three.
Last Tuesday, Pope faced Lassiter in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Pope walked away with a 4-2 win over Lassiter. That's two games straight that Pope has won by exactly two goals.
Meanwhile, Hillgrove stacked a seventh blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 5-0 margin over Marietta. Given Hillgrove's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 25th, while Marietta is ranked 230th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pope pushed their record up to 9-0-1 with that victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Hillgrove, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3-1 record this season.
Pope skirted past Hillgrove 2-1 in their previous meeting back in March of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pope 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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