Soccer Preview: Calvary Christian vs. Botkins
The Calvary Christian Spartans and the Botkins Trojans are set to duel on Thursday. Calvary Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.8 goals per game this season.
Calvary Christian is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Legacy Christian Academy just ended the team's ten-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell just short of the Knights by a score of 2-1. Having soared to a lofty four goals in the game before, the Spartans couldn't push the score so high this time.
Their goal came courtesy of
Nehemiah Dillon, who's now up to 24 this season.
Meanwhile, Botkins entered their tilt with Temple Christian on Thursday with five consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with six. Their defense stepped up to hand the Pioneers a 2-0 shutout. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 102nd, while the Pioneers are ranked 442nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Calvary Christian's defeat dropped their record down to 11-2-1. As for Botkins, they pushed their record up to 10-1 with the win, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Calvary Christian suffered a grim 5-0 defeat to Botkins in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Calvary Christian avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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