Soccer Preview: Rootstown vs. Heartland Christian
The Rootstown Rovers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Heartland Christian Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Rootstown's offense might be in the hot seat on Wednesday considering what happened against John F. Kennedy Catholic on Saturday. They lost 4-0 to the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Heartland Christian managed to keep up with Shenandoah until halftime on Saturday, but things quickly went downhill from there. Heartland Christian came up short against Shenandoah, falling 3-0.
Rootstown's loss dropped their record down to 10-7. As for Heartland Christian, they dropped their record down to 3-13 with the defeat, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Everything went Rootstown's way against Heartland Christian when the teams last played back in August of 2015, as Rootstown made off with a 6-0 victory. Will Rootstown repeat their success, or does Heartland Christian have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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