Soccer Recap: Hopewell vs. Ellwood City
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hopewell). They put the hurt on the Ellwood City Wolverine with a sharp 9-0 victory on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Hopewell's offense was hitting Ellwood City from everywhere, as eight different players booted in a goal.
Sam Milligan led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Hopewell is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a massive bump to their 8-7 record this season. As for Ellwood City, they dropped their record down to 0-13 with the defeat, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Hopewell will face off against Keystone Oaks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopewell is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season. As for Ellwood City, they will challenge Mohawk Area at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Ellwood City is facing Mohawk Area at the right time seeing as Mohawk Area is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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