Soccer Preview: Elkins vs. Winfield
The Elkins Tigers will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Winfield Generals at 2:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Elkins' defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Thursday. They were the clear victor by a 4-0 margin over Philip Barbour. Considering the Tigers' offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.
Meanwhile, Winfield hasn't lost a match since September 3rd, a trend which continued in their latest game on Thursday. They blew past Ripley 5-0. With that win, the Generals brought their scoring average up to 2.6 goals per game.
They hit Ripley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Trowa Knight (3),
Landon Carey, and
Brayden Wissler.
The victory snapped Elkins' losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 5-3-1 record. As for Winfield, their win bumped their record up to 5-2-4.
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