Soccer Preview: Westerville Central vs. Olentangy Orange
The Westerville Central Warhawks will challenge the Olentangy Orange Pioneers at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams beat their previous opponents by a single goal, so this matchup might be just as contested.
Westerville Central's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They won by a goal and slipped past Lincoln 1-0. Given the Warhawks' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Golden Lions are ranked 158th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Westerville Central's one-goal win came courtesy of
Ryan Dunbar, which was the first he's scored this season.
Meanwhile, Olentangy Orange entered their tilt with Upper Arlington on Tuesday with six consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with seven. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Golden Bears 2-1. That's two games straight that the Pioneers have won by just one goal.
The victory made it two in a row for Westerville Central and bumps their season record up to 9-1-2. As for Olentangy Orange, their win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-2.
Westerville Central came out on top in a nail-biter against Olentangy Orange when the teams last played back in October of 2022, sneaking past 3-2. Will Westerville Central repeat their success, or does Olentangy Orange have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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