Soccer Preview: Garinger vs. Rocky River
The Garinger Wildcats are on the road again on Wednesday to play the Rocky River Ravens at 7:00 p.m. Garinger is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.1 goals per game this season.
On Tuesday, Garinger earned a 3-1 win over Independence. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina soccer rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Patriots are ranked 259th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Rocky River was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their 12th straight loss. They lost 4-0 to Independence.
Garinger has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4-1 record this season. As for Rocky River, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-12.
Garinger took their victory against Rocky River in their previous meeting back in September by a conclusive 9-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Garinger since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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