With a playoff game on the line, Northampton rose to the challenge on Tuesday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Altavista Colonels an 8-0 shutout. Considering Northampton has won nine games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Altavista from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Luke Jones led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Northampton's victory was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-2. As for Altavista, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 3-20-1.
Northampton will stay at home for another game and welcome Galax at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Galax will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Northampton surely won't give up without a fight. Altavista does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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