Soccer Preview: Madisonville-North Hopkins vs. North Hardin
The Madisonville-North Hopkins Maroons will square off against the North Hardin Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Madisonville-North Hopkins has six straight wins, North Hardin has six straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Madisonville-North Hopkins' defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They put the hurt on Apollo with a sharp 8-0 victory. Considering the Maroons have won ten games by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Apollo from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Eli Redpath led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, North Hardin fell victim to Elizabethtown and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They lost 7-0 to the Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kentucky soccer rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Panthers are ranked 11th).
Madisonville-North Hopkins has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-6-1 record this season. As for North Hardin, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-15.
Madisonville-North Hopkins took their win against North Hardin when the teams last played back in August of 2023 by a conclusive 6-1. Does Madisonville-North Hopkins have another victory up their sleeve, or will North Hardin turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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