East Wilkes is 1-9 against Elkin since October of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The East Wilkes Cardinals will host the Elkin Buckin' Elks at 6:00 p.m.
East Wilkes came up short against Mount Airy on Monday, falling 10-1. While losing is never fun, the Cardinals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 553rd, while the Granite Bears are ranked 199th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Elkin). Their defense stepped up to hand North Stokes a 13-0 shutout on Monday. The Buckin' Elks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won seven matchups by seven goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting North Stokes from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Charlie Pelkey led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for four goals all by himself.
This is the second loss in a row for East Wilkes and nudges their season record down to 1-15. As for Elkin, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 9-4-2.
East Wilkes suffered a grim 10-0 defeat to Elkin when the teams last played back in September. Will East Wilkes have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
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