After flying high against Northside - Pinetown last Monday, Jones came back down to earth. The Jones Trojans suffered a tough 10-1 loss at the hands of the East Carteret Mariners on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Jones can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 481st, while East Carteret is ranked 130th).
Jones dropped their record down to 2-8 with that defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for East Carteret, the victory (which was their eighth in a row) raised their record to 9-1-3.
Jones will head out on the road to square off against Southside at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. As for East Carteret, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Lejeune at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams will come into the matchup having just posted big wins, so someone is set to suffer a big change in fortunes.
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