The Newsome Wolves will head out on the road to face off against the Sumner Stingrays at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Sumner better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Newsome really get things going. Newsome's defense stepped up to hand Plant City a 3-0 shutout last Friday. Given Wolves' advantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 69th, while the Raiders are ranked 292nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Newsome hit Plant City with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Luca Savino,
Brayden Howard, and
Maddox Encarnacion.
Meanwhile, Sumner had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 goals) and they went ahead and made it three last Friday. Everything went their way against the Eagles as they made off with an 8-0 win. That's two games straight that the Stingrays have won by exactly eight goals.
Newsome pushed their record up to 5-1 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 18 goals over those three matchups. As for Sumner, their win bumped their record up to 4-1.
Newsome might still be hurting after the 3-0 loss they got from Sumner when the teams last played back in November of 2023. Can Newsome avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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