After soaring to eight goals the game before, John Battle was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They lost 5-1 to the Gate City Blue Devils. While losing is never fun, John Battle can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 205th, while Gate City are ranked 92nd).
John Battle's goal came courtesy of Abram Waddle, who's now up to 19 this season.
John Battle's defeat dropped their record down to 11-9-1. As for Gate City, the victory was the seventh in a row for them, bringing their record up to 16-1-1.
Coming up, John Battle will square off against Union at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. John Battle will be up against Union's rather soft defense (which has allowed 3.71 goals per matchup), so fans could be in store for a big offensive performance. As for Gate City, they will take on Abingdon at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams are headed into the matchup with plenty of momentum (Gate City have won four straight at home, while Abingdon won three straight on the road), something that'll have to change.
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