The Batesburg-Leesville Panthers will head out on the road to challenge the Newberry Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Batesburg-Leesville sitting on seven straight victories and Newberry on three.
Batesburg-Leesville's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They put the hurt on American Leadership Academy with a sharp 7-0 win. Batesburg-Leesville might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team's won five matches by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting American Leadership Academy from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Angel Garcia Gerardo led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Newberry put the finishing touches on their seventh blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They blew past Ninety Six 5-0. Give Newberry's defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
Batesburg-Leesville pushed their record up to 11-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Newberry, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a massive bump to their 9-7 record this season.
Batesburg-Leesville skirted past Newberry 1-0 when the teams last played back in February. The rematch might be a little tougher for Batesburg-Leesville 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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