Soccer Preview: Wood River vs. Mountain Home
Wood River is 9-1 against Mountain Home since September of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Wood River Wolverines will stay at home for another game and welcome the Mountain Home Tigers at 4:30 p.m. Wood River is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.6 goals per game this season.
Wood River is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Idaho's top teams: Jerome, who was ranked 19th in their home state at the time (Wood River was ranked second). Wood River came out on top against Jerome by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. The Wolverines found success even though the refs didn't miss a thing: Owen Walker and Mateo De La Torre were both handed yellow cards.
Wood River hit Jerome with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jack Bulls, Walker, and
Hayden Gvozdas.
Meanwhile, Mountain Home didn't have quite enough to beat Twin Falls on Tuesday and fell 2-1.
Wood River's win bumped their record up to 8-1. As for Mountain Home, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-2-1.
Wood River beat Mountain Home by a goal in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, winning 1-0. Will Wood River repeat their success, or does Mountain Home have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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