South Johnston hasn't had much luck against Smithfield-Selma recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Trojans will take on the Spartans at 5:00 p.m. South Johnston has given up an average of 5.5 goals per game this season, but Tuesday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Thursday just wasn't the day for South Johnston's offense. They lost 9-0 to West Johnston on Thursday. That's two games in a row now that South Johnston have lost by exactly nine goals.
Meanwhile, Smithfield-Selma had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 2 goals) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Warriors a 2-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but Smithfield-Selma were the better team in the second half.
This is the second loss in a row for South Johnston and nudges their season record down to 3-13-1. As for Smithfield-Selma, their victory bumped their record up to 9-10.
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