Soccer Preview: River Valley vs. Fairbanks
River Valley is 0-3 against Fairbanks since September of 2015 but things could change on Thursday. The River Valley Vikings will take on the Fairbanks Panthers at 7:00 p.m. River Valley is coming into the match hot, having won their last seven games.
River Valley's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They blew past Galion 6-0. Considering the Vikings have won five contests by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Galion with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Hudson Pollock (4),
Gideon Owings, and
Riley Hummel.
Meanwhile, Fairbanks' matchup on Saturday was close up to the half, which is when they kicked things up a notch. They put the hurt on Highland with a sharp 5-0 win. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 159th, while the Fighting Scots are ranked 458th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
River Valley's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-2. As for Fairbanks, they are on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
River Valley came up short against Fairbanks in their previous meeting back in August of 2023, falling 3-1. Can River Valley avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
