Soccer Game Preview: Hillsboro Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 12, 2024, 8:50am

Soccer Preview: Hillsboro vs. Miami Trace

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Hillsboro is 8-2 against Miami Trace since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Hillsboro Indians will take on the Miami Trace Panthers at 7:00 p.m. Hillsboro is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5 goals per game this season.

Last Tuesday, everything went Hillsboro's way against Jackson as Hillsboro made off with a 4-1 victory. The result was nothing new for the Indians, who have now won three matchups by three goals or more so far this season.

Kobie Miles and Arianna Evans scored all four of Hillsboro's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.

Meanwhile, after soaring to ten goals the game before, Miami Trace was a bit more limited in their contest on Tuesday. They fell just short of McClain by a score of 2-1. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 300th, while the Tigers are ranked 147th).

The win made it two in a row for Hillsboro and bumps their season record up to 4-2. As for Miami Trace, their loss dropped their record down to 3-3.

Hillsboro skirted past Miami Trace 3-2 in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Will Hillsboro repeat their success, or does Miami Trace have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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