Soccer Preview: Pymatuning Valley vs. Badger
Pymatuning Valley is 0-5 against Badger since September of 2022 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Pymatuning Valley Lakers will head out to square off against the Badger Braves at 6:00 p.m.
Pymatuning Valley's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Bristol on Tuesday. They came up short against the Panthers, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Lakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 545th, while the Panthers are ranked 270th).
Meanwhile, Badger waltzed into their game on Tuesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They blew past the Rams 9-1. The Braves might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won four contests by three goals or more this season.
This is the second loss in a row for Pymatuning Valley and nudges their season record down to 1-4. As for Badger, they pushed their record up to 5-2 with that victory, which was their third straight at home.
Pymatuning Valley suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Badger in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Can Pymatuning Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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