Soccer Preview: Tooele vs. Hillcrest
Tooele hasn't had much luck against Hillcrest recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Tooele Buffaloes will challenge the Hillcrest Huskies at 3:30 p.m. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Tooele's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Park City on Tuesday. They lost 8-0 to the Miners. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Utah soccer rankings (they are ranked 87th, while the Miners are ranked 22nd).
Meanwhile, Hillcrest was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their ninth straight defeat. They came up short against Stansbury, falling 6-0. That's two games in a row now that the Huskies have lost by exactly six goals.
This is the second loss in a row for Tooele and nudges their season record down to 2-7. As for Hillcrest, their loss dropped their record down to 0-9.
Tooele came up short against Hillcrest in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 3-1. Can Tooele avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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