Soccer Preview: Boyd County vs. Minford
The Boyd County Lions have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Minford Falcons at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Boyd County is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to seven goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against South Point on Thursday. They fell just short of the Pointers by a score of 2-1. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Lions came into the game with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 121st in Kentucky, while the Pointers are ranked 316th in Ohio).
Meanwhile, Minford entered their tilt with Northwest on Thursday with seven consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with eight. Their defense stepped up to hand the Mohawks an 8-0 shutout. The result was nothing new for the Falcons, who have now won five contests by four goals or more so far this season.
Boyd County now has a losing record at 5-6. As for Minford, they pushed their record up to 8-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home.
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