Soccer Preview: Turpin vs. Talawanda
The Turpin Spartans will play host again on Saturday to welcome the Talawanda Brave, where kickoff is scheduled at 2:00 p.m. Turpin is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.7 goals per game this season.
Talawanda better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Turpin really get things going. Turpin never let Withrow onto the board and left with a 4-0 win on Tuesday. Considering the Spartans have won eight games by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
They hit Withrow with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Paxton Burns,
Mitchell Iles,
Caleb Malone, and
Kai Kuebler.
Meanwhile, Talawanda was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They came up short against Harrison, falling 6-0. While losing is never fun, the Brave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 426th, while the Wildcats are ranked 47th).
Turpin has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3-2 record this season. As for Talawanda, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10-3.
Turpin took their victory against Talawanda in their previous meeting back in October of 2019 by a conclusive 5-0. Will Turpin repeat their success, or does Talawanda have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
