Granville Central is 0-5 against Carrboro since April of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Granville Central Panthers will head out on the road to face off against the Carrboro Jaguars at 5:00 p.m. Granville Central will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 366th, while Carrboro is ranked 63rd).
On Wednesday, Granville Central came up short against Louisburg and fell 3-1. Granville Central has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Carrboro had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.7 goals), and they went ahead and made it eight on Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Bulldogs a 5-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for Carrboro, who have now won 13 matchups by three goals or more so far this season.
Granville Central now has a losing record at 6-7-1. As for Carrboro, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-2.
Granville Central might still be hurting after the 9-0 loss they got from Carrboro when the teams last played on Monday. Can Granville Central avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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