The Tupelo Golden Wave will face off against the Clinton Arrows at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Tupelo is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
If Clinton heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Tupelo took over last week. Tupelo sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Starkville on Tuesday. Given the Golden Wave's advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi soccer rankings (they are ranked fifth, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 27th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Clinton unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Germantown by a score of 1-0. Considering the last time the Arrows couldn't score was back in November, the team can't take the result too hard.
Clinton's defeat dropped their record down to 8-2-1. As for Tupelo, they pushed their record up to 9-0 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Tupelo skirted past Clinton 2-1 in their previous matchup back in January. Will Tupelo repeat their success, or does Clinton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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