North Lenoir hasn't had much luck against James Kenan recently, but that could start to change on Wednesday. The North Lenoir Hawks will venture away from home to take on the James Kenan Tigers at 6:00 p.m. North Lenoir is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.3 goals per game this season.
Last Wednesday, North Lenoir didn't have quite enough to beat Wallace-Rose Hill and fell 3-2. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 279th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 48th).
ANGEL MARTINEZ and
CHRISTOPHER ROMERO scored both of North Lenoir's goals, bringing their combined season tally to ten goals.
Meanwhile, James Kenan kept a clean sheet against South Lenoir on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Blue Devils as they made off with a 9-0 win. Considering the Tigers have won seven matchups by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
This is the second loss in a row for North Lenoir and nudges their season record down to 7-10. As for James Kenan, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
North Lenoir came up short against James Kenan in their previous matchup on October 3rd, falling 3-1. Can North Lenoir avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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