The Bay Tornadoes will face off against the Choctawhatchee Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday.
Bay is likely headed into the matchup with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Navarre on Tuesday. Bay took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Navarre. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Florida soccer rankings (they are ranked 384th, while the Raiders are ranked 142nd).
Meanwhile, Choctawhatchee hadn't done well against Gulf Breeze recently (they were 0-9 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. Choctawhatchee's defense stepped up to hand Gulf Breeze a 2-0 shutout.
Choctawhatchee has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-3-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 16 goals over those four contests. As for Bay, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-14-1.
Bay beat Choctawhatchee by a goal in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, winning 2-1. Will Bay repeat their success, or does Choctawhatchee have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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