The Elk City Elks will be playing at home against the Newcastle Racers at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Elk City is coming into the matchup on a six-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, Elk City came up short against Clinton and fell 3-1. While losing is never fun, Elk City can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma soccer rankings (they are ranked 105th, while Clinton is ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, Newcastle was able to grind out a solid win over Harding Prep on Friday, taking the game 3-1.
Newcastle hit Harding Prep with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Toby Batchelder,
Justin Haworth, and
Jayce Ramanjulu.
Elk City's loss dropped their record down to 4-7. As for Newcastle, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-7-2.
Elk City took their win against Newcastle when the teams last played back in March of 2017 by a conclusive 4-1. Does Elk City have another victory up their sleeve, or will Newcastle turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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