Soccer Preview: Pleasant vs. Northeastern
The Pleasant Spartans will head out on the road to challenge the Northeastern Jets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pleasant will be strutting in after a victory while Northeastern will be coming in after a defeat.
Pleasant took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Saturday. They put the hurt on Columbian with a sharp 6-2 win. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Spartans' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
They hit Columbian with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Rodric Gomez (3),
Gael Gomez (2), and
Cooper Halpin.
Meanwhile, Northeastern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss. They lost 7-0 to Indian Lake. While losing is never fun, the Jets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 548th, while the Lakers are ranked 209th).
Pleasant's victory bumped their record up to 2-4-2. As for Northeastern, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7-1.
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