The Austin-East Roadrunners are on the road again on Thursday to play the Cocke County Fighting Cocks at 6:30 p.m. Austin-East's last three games have been decided by no more than a goal, so don't be surprised if it's a close one.
Austin-East's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 1-0 win over Gibbs. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Austin-East was the better team in the second half.
Their one-goal win came courtesy of
Daniel Canaca, who's now up to four this season.
Meanwhile, Cocke County waltzed into their match on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They were the clear victor by a 5-2 margin over the Mavericks. Considering Cocke County has won 14 matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Austin-East is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-9 record this season. As for Cocke County, they pushed their record up to 16-2-1 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
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