Highland Springs and Henrico are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Highland Springs Springers will head out on the road to take on the Henrico Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Highland Springs will be strutting in after a victory while Henrico will be coming in after a defeat.
Highland Springs will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Monday, then bounced right back against Armstrong on Wednesday. Highland Springs blew past Armstrong 8-1. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for Highland Springs' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit Armstrong with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Michael Onmonya (3),
Cris Cortes (3),
Jameer Riley, and
Anthony Barrett.
Meanwhile, Henrico was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They lost 4-0 to Hanover. While losing is never fun, Henrico can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 265th, while Hanover is ranked 87th).
Highland Springs' win bumped their record up to 3-7-1. As for Henrico, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-10-2.
Highland Springs skirted past Henrico 3-2 in their previous meeting back in April. The rematch might be a little tougher for Highland Springs 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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