After three games on the road, Cherokee is heading back home. They will take on the Mountain Heritage Cougars at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Cherokee's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Last Thursday, Cherokee didn't have quite enough to beat Murphy and fell 2-1. While losing is never fun, Cherokee can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 258th, while Murphy is ranked 110th).
Meanwhile, Mountain Heritage fell victim to NCSSM: Morganton's stalwart defense on Wednesday and couldn't make it onto the board. Their tough 9-0 defeat to the might stick with them for a while.
Cherokee's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Mountain Heritage, their loss dropped their record down to 0-2-1.
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