Minerva Lions (Minerva, OH) fans went home happy Saturday as they saw their soccer squad hold off the visiting Carrollton Warriors (Carrollton, OH), 4-3 in a league outing.

The Lions (2-3) will now prepare for their outing against Salem (Salem, OH). The Quakers enter the Eastern Buckeye outing with a 5-2 record. In their last outing, Salem was edged by McKinley (Niles, OH), 6-0, in a non-league outing.

Next up, the Warriors confront the Sandy Valley Cardinals (Magnolia, OH) in a non-league outing, on Monday, September 8. Carrollton will attempt to improve on its 1-2 season record. The Cardinals enter the outing with a 2-2 record after their 7-2 non-league loss to Tuscarawas Valley (Zoarville, OH).