Soccer Game Preview: Rootstown Plays at Home

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The Rootstown Rovers will square off against the Canton Central Catholic Crusaders at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Rootstown took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They never let Triway onto the board and left with a 6-0 win. It was an even better day for Blake Postlethwait as he scored three goals for his team.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Canton Central Catholic). They put the hurt on Minerva with a sharp 6-0 victory on Saturday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Crusaders.

Rootstown's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Canton Central Catholic, the victory also got them back to even at 2-2.

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