Soccer Preview: Shady Spring vs. PikeView
The Shady Spring Tigers will venture away from home to face off against the PikeView Panthers at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
PikeView is hoping to do what Nicholas County couldn't on Saturday: put an end to Shady Spring's winning streak, which now stands at four games. Everything went Shady Spring's way against Nicholas County as Shady Spring made off with a 7-1 victory. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
Meanwhile, after failing to score in their last contest, PikeView made sure to put some goals up on the board against Mingo Central on Monday. They put the hurt on the Miners with a sharp 8-1 win. The high-scoring performance was a welcome turnaround for the Panthers' offense, which had struggled in the games prior.
Shady Spring pushed their record up to 6-1-1 with that victory, which was their third straight at home. As for PikeView, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-3.
Shady Spring beat PikeView 2-0 when the teams last played last Tuesday. The rematch might be a little tougher for Shady Spring 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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