Soccer Game Preview: Nordonia vs. Kenston

The Nordonia Knights will square off against the Kenston Bombers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Nordonia's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for 11 straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.

Nordonia is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Marlington on Thursday. Nordonia fell just short of Marlington by a score of 1-0. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Dukes are ranked 170th).

Meanwhile, Kenston waltzed into their contest on Thursday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They never let the Bengals onto the board and left with an 8-0 victory. Considering the Bombers have won seven matches by more than two goals this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.

They hit Benedictine with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Andrew DiBernardo (3), Grady Flynn (2), Aiden Caspell (2), and Ethan Gaskin.

Nordonia's defeat dropped their record down to 1-13-3. As for Kenston, they pushed their record up to 9-4-3 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.

Nordonia came out on top in a nail-biter against Kenston in their previous matchup back in October of 2019, sneaking past 1-0. The rematch might be a little tougher for Nordonia since the team 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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