Soccer Preview: Wauseon vs. Norwalk
The Wauseon Indians have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Norwalk Truckers at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Wauseon is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Everything went their way against Swanton on Tuesday as Wauseon made off with an 11-2 victory. Considering the Indians have won six matchups by more than two goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Norwalk kept a clean sheet against Crestview on Wednesday. They won by a goal and slipped past the Cougars 1-0. Given the Truckers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 195th, while the Cougars are ranked 452nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Norwalk's one-goal win came courtesy of
Elliot Gahring, who's now up to four this season.
Wauseon's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for Norwalk, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2-1 record this season.
Wauseon was able to grind out a solid victory over Norwalk in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, winning 3-1. Will Wauseon repeat their success, or does Norwalk have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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