Soccer Preview: Fort Hill vs. Bishop Walsh
The Fort Hill Sentinels will head out to square off against the Bishop Walsh Spartans at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Fort Hill and seven for Bishop Walsh.
On Thursday, Fort Hill didn't have quite enough to beat Allegany and fell 4-3. That's two games in a row now that the Sentinels have lost by just one goal.
Meanwhile, Bishop Walsh managed to keep up with Mountain Ridge until halftime on Thursday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Bishop Walsh lost 3-0 to Mountain Ridge. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked 221st, while the Miners are ranked seventh).
Fort Hill now has a losing record at 4-5-1. As for Bishop Walsh, their loss dropped their record down to 2-8.
Fort Hill took their victory against Bishop Walsh when the teams last played back in September by a conclusive 4-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fort Hill since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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