Harnett Central has enjoyed the comforts of home their last three games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will venture away from home to challenge the Pine Forest Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Pine Forest better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Harnett Central really get things going. Harnett Central's defense stepped up to hand Westover a 4-0 shutout on Thursday. Considering the Trojans have won seven contests by more than three goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Pine Forest hadn't done well against Triton recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Pine Forest walked away with a 2-0 victory over Triton. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
Harnett Central's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2-1. As for Pine Forest, they are on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 11-9-1 record this season.
Everything went Harnett Central's way against Pine Forest in their previous meeting back in September, as Harnett Central made off with a 4-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Harnett Central 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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