The Franklin County Bulldogs are taking a road trip to face off against the Cathedral Green Wave at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are strolling into their contests after big wins in their previous games.
Franklin County's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. Everything went their way against Lawrence County as they made off with a 7-0 win. The result was nothing new for Franklin County, who have now won 11 matches by three goals or more so far this season.
Their offense was hitting Lawrence County from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Alex Scott led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Cathedral). They put the hurt on Adams County Christian with a sharp 9-1 victory on Wednesday. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 4-0.
Cathedral was without their leading scorer, Tristan Fondren, in Wednesday's matchup. With Fondren sidelined, the Green Wave had to make some big changes to the lineup. Three players got more time on the pitch than they're used to: Tiger Simmons (47), Anders Milliken (72), and Giles Lees (47). The trio had averaged 19, 48.2, and 18.3 minutes respectively before Wednesday's match.
Franklin County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests. That's provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 56 goals over those ten matchups. As for Cathedral, their victory bumped their record up to 6-7.
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