West Bladen hasn't had much luck against St. Pauls recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The West Bladen Knights will play host again on Wednesday to welcome the St. Pauls Bulldogs, where kickoff is scheduled at 6:30 p.m. West Bladen is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row, West Bladen finally turned things around against Red Springs on Monday. They walked away with a 4-2 victory over the Red Devils. The high-scoring effort was just what the Knights needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.
They hit Red Springs with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jonathan Ortiz-Hernandez (2),
Kevyn De La Cruz Labra, and
Jonah Bryan.
Meanwhile, St. Pauls was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Midway by a score of 1-0. The match was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Bulldogs couldn't quite close it out.
West Bladen's win bumped their record up to 7-5. As for St. Pauls, their defeat ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 8-8-1.
West Bladen might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from St. Pauls when the teams last played back in September. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Bladen was down 5-0.
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