The Cedar Ridge Fighting Red Wolves will challenge the Orange Panthers at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Cedar Ridge will be strutting in after a win while Orange will be coming in after a defeat.
Cedar Ridge is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victors by a 6-3 margin over South Granville on Monday. The score was all tied up 3-3 at the break, but Cedar Ridge were the better team in the second half.
Their offense was hitting South Granville from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Julian Ashton led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Orange unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-match winning streak on Monday. They fell just short of Seaforth by a score of 2-1. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as Orange came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 118th, while Seaforth are ranked 281st).
Orange's loss was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 10-5. As for Cedar Ridge, they now have a winning record of 6-5-1.
Cedar Ridge couldn't quite get it done against Orange in their previous meeting back in September as they fell 2-0. Will the Fighting Red Wolves have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps