Soccer Game Preview: White River Valley vs. Mitchell

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White River Valley has gone 8-2 against Mitchell recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Wolverines will take on the Bluejackets at 6:00 p.m. White River Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.3 goals per game this season.

White River Valley will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they didn't score any goals on Saturday, then bounced right back against Shoals on Tuesday. The Wolverines blew past the Jug Rox 6-1. With White River Valley ahead 4-0 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Their offense was hitting Shoals from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal. Jackson Hostetter led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.

Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Mitchell's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They came up short against Barr-Reeve, falling 9-2. While losing is never fun, Mitchell can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana soccer rankings (they are ranked 313th, while Barr-Reeve are ranked 146th).

Mitchell used a slightly different lineup for their bout with Barr-Reeve. Carson Hammond played for 74 minutes having averaged 41.6 this season and Jayden Zepeda got 80 vs. an average of 51.6. Zepeda made the most of the opportunity, scoring a goal and one assist and three steals A few more games like that and he might be seeing even more time going forward.

Mitchell's defeat dropped their record down to 3-11-1. As for White River Valley, their win bumped their record up to 12-2.

White River Valley beat Mitchell 2-0 when the teams last played back in October of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for the Wolverines since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.