Soccer Preview: West Branch vs. Salem
After three games on the road, West Branch is heading back home. They will host the Salem Quakers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. West Branch is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.4 goals per game this season.
Last Tuesday, West Branch got the win against Carrollton by a conclusive 8-1. Considering West Branch has won six matchups by more than three goals this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Carrollton from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Gavin Clemens led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Salem kept a clean sheet against Marlington on Tuesday. They had just enough and edged the Dukes out 1-0. The win was all the more spectacular given the Quakers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 331st, while the Dukes are ranked 128th).
West Branch is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2-2 record this season. As for Salem, their victory bumped their record up to 5-7-1.
West Branch came out on top in a nail-biter against Salem when the teams last played back in October of 2023, sneaking past 4-3. Will West Branch repeat their success, or does Salem have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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