The Grimsley Whirlies will face off against the Western Guilford Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Grimsley is looking to tack on another W to their four-game streak on the road.
On Wednesday, Grimsley sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 4-3 victory over Northern Guilford. Given the Whirlies' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Nighthawks are ranked 286th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Western Guilford kept a clean sheet against Southwest Guilford on Wednesday. They blew past the Cowboys 6-0. The Hornets might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by three goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Southwest Guilford from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Abisai Carmona led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Grimsley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-1 record this season. As for Western Guilford, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-6.
Everything went Grimsley's way against Western Guilford in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, as Grimsley made off with an 8-1 victory. In that game, Grimsley amassed a halftime lead of 4-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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