Soccer Game Preview: River Valley Plays at Home

By Team Reports Apr 27, 2024, 7:47am

Soccer Preview: River Valley vs. Wisconsin Heights

The River Valley Blackhawks will be playing at home against the Wisconsin Heights Vanguards at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. River Valley is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.

If River Valley beats Wisconsin Heights with three goals on Monday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. River Valley's defense stepped up to hand Galena a 3-0 shutout on Thursday. Given River Valley's advantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 40th in Wisconsin, while Galena is ranked 284th in Illinois), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

River Valley is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season. As for Wisconsin Heights, they've got a clean slate. Last season, they finished on the right side of .500 (6-5-2), and they're hoping to kick off an even more successful campaign this year.

River Valley beat Wisconsin Heights by a goal in their previous meeting back in June of 2023, winning 2-1. Does River Valley have another victory up their sleeve, or will Wisconsin Heights turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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