Soccer Preview: Pickerington Central vs. Grove City
The Pickerington Central Tigers will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Grove City Greyhounds, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:15 p.m. Pickerington Central will be strutting in after a victory while Grove City will be coming in after a defeat.
If Grove City heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Pickerington Central took over last week. Pickerington Central sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 win over Groveport-Madison on Tuesday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 144th, while the Cruisers are ranked 354th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Despite a strong season so far, Grove City has seen their luck take a bit of a downturn recently. They took a 2-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Pickerington North on Tuesday.
Pickerington Central is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-3-1 record this season. As for Grove City, their loss dropped their record down to 7-4.
Pickerington Central was able to grind out a solid victory over Grove City in their previous matchup back in October of 2019, winning 3-1. Does Pickerington Central have another victory up their sleeve, or will Grove City turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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