Thomas Jefferson is 4-0 against Burns since April of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Thomas Jefferson Gryphons will head out on the road to challenge the Burns Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. The pair are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, Thomas Jefferson kept a clean sheet against Shelby. Everything went their way against the Golden Lions as they made off with a 4-0 win. Given Thomas Jefferson's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 164th, while Shelby is ranked 339th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Thomas Jefferson hit Shelby with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Ella Duncan (2),
Lola Craft, and
Sophia Bell.
Meanwhile, Burns scored the most goals they've had all season to find success on Wednesday. They blew past Cherryville 5-0. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
The win (which was Thomas Jefferson's fourth in a row) raised their record to 5-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 15 goals over those four matchups. As for Burns, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-6 record this season.
Everything went Thomas Jefferson's way against Burns in their previous matchup back in May of 2023 as Thomas Jefferson made off with a 6-0 victory. Will Thomas Jefferson repeat their success, or does Burns have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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