Soccer Preview: New Richmond vs. Batavia
On Tuesday New Richmond will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will square off against the Batavia Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m.
Batavia will have to contend with a New Richmond squad hungry for a win, something the team hasn't seen since the ninth. New Richmond fell just short of Seven Hills by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Lions can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 383rd, while the Stingers are ranked 158th).
New Richmond's goal came courtesy of
Izzy Hughes, who's now up to two this season.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last match, Batavia made sure to put some goals up on the board against Clinton-Massie on Tuesday. They never let the Falcons onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. Considering the Bulldogs have won eight matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
New Richmond's loss dropped their record down to 3-10-1. As for Batavia, their win bumped their record up to 9-4-1.
New Richmond might still be hurting after the 7-0 defeat they got from Batavia when the teams last played back in August. Can New Richmond avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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