Freedom is 0-10 against Watauga since March of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Freedom Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Watauga Pioneers at 6:00 p.m. Freedom will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 248th, while Watauga is ranked 22nd).
Freedom's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Ashe County 1-0. Freedom's winning goal came courtesy of Malia Withrow.
Meanwhile, Watauga has not lost a match since March 18th, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They and Hibriten finished up their match with a 1-1 draw. There's a chance things could've gone differently had Watauga not been charged with a red card from Samantha Bertrand.
The victory got Freedom back to even at 6-6. Watauga's draw makes their record 9-1-1 this season.
Freedom suffered a grim 9-0 defeat to Watauga in their previous matchup back in May of 2023. Can Freedom avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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