The Pickens Dragons will take on the Towns County Indians at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Pickens came into their game on Tuesday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 4-0 to Chestatee. While losing is never fun, Pickens can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia soccer rankings (they are ranked 317th, while Chestatee are ranked 102nd).
Meanwhile, Towns County waltzed into their matchup on Thursday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. Their defense stepped up to hand Stephens County a 1-0 shutout.
Pickens has been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-9 record this season. As for Towns County, they pushed their record up to 16-1 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home.
Everything went Pickens' way against Towns County when the teams last played back in March of 2019, as Pickens made off with a 10-0 victory. Will the Dragons repeat their success, or do the Indians have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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