Soccer Game Preview: Western Hills vs. Eastern Hills

Western Hills is 8-1 against Eastern Hills since February of 2021 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Tuesday. It'll be Eastside v. Westside when the Western Hills Cougars and the Eastern Hills Highlanders meet at 8:00 p.m. Western Hills will be strutting in after a win while Eastern Hills will be coming in after a defeat.

If Eastern Hills heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Western Hills took over last week. Everything went Western Hills' way against Young Men's Leadership Academy on Saturday as Western Hills made off with a 4-1 victory. Considering the Cougars' offense had been struggling lately, the high-scoring outing was a much-needed turnaround.

Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, Eastern Hills was not quite Southwest's equal in the second half on Saturday. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 2-1. The Highlanders have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

The win got Western Hills back to even at 6-6. As for Eastern Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 2-9.

Western Hills skirted past Eastern Hills 1-0 in their previous meeting back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Western Hills since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.