Soccer Preview: Conneaut vs. Girard
The Conneaut Spartans will take on the Girard Yellowjackets at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Conneaut has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while Girard will arrive with four straight victories.
Conneaut's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Madison on Tuesday. They came up short against the Blue Streaks, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 243rd, while the Blue Streaks are ranked 120th).
Meanwhile, Girard's match on Monday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They never let Franklin onto the board and left with a 3-0 win. Three seems to be a good number for the Yellowjackets as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of goals in their previous game.
Conneaut's loss dropped their record down to 2-5-1. As for Girard, they pushed their record up to 4-1 with that win, which was their third straight at home.
Everything went Conneaut's way against Girard in their previous meeting back in September of 2022 as Conneaut made off with a 5-2 victory. Does Conneaut have another victory up their sleeve, or will Girard turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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