The Flowery Branch Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Mountain View Bears at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Flowery Branch has given up an average of 3.4 goals per game this season, so hopefully the team got some defensive drills in this week.
Flowery Branch is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to six goals on Friday, they were much more limited against North Oconee on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Titans. The loss continues a trend for the Falcons in their meetings with the Titans: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Mountain View had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2.5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. Everything went their way against the Black Knights as they made off with a 10-0 victory. The contest marked the Bears' most dominant win of the season.
Mountain View's victory bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Flowery Branch, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-5-1.
Flowery Branch was able to grind out a solid win over Mountain View in their previous meeting back in February of 2019, winning 3-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Flowery Branch 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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