Soccer Preview: Harding vs. Hoover
The Harding Raiders will venture away from home to challenge the Hoover Vikings at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday. Harding is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.1 goals per game this season.
Harding will bounce into Saturday's match after beating Austintown-Fitch, who they hadn't topped in nine consecutive meetings. Harding beat Austintown-Fitch by a goal, winning 3-2. The Raiders wouldn't have won without Haley Brown, who scored the game-winner.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hoover). They put the hurt on McKinley with a sharp 8-0 win on Wednesday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Vikings needed considering they were shutout in their previous matchup.
The victory (which was Harding's third in a row) raised their record to 6-4. As for Hoover, the win snapped their losing streak at five games and leaves them with a 2-6-3 record.
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