Soccer Preview: Kettering vs. Kearsley
After five games on the road, Kettering is heading back home. They will welcome the Kearsley Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Kettering is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4 goals per game this season.
Kettering's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. Everything went their way against Walled Lake Central as Kettering made off with a 3-0 win. Considering the Captains have won five matches by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Cooper Cohoon and
Austin Hembree scored all three of Kettering's goals, bringing their combined season tally to seven goals.
Meanwhile, Kearsley entered their tilt with Lake Fenton on Monday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They won by a goal and slipped past the Blue Devils 3-2. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 218th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Kettering's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-1. As for Kearsley, their win bumped their record up to 3-0.
Kettering took their victory against Kearsley when the teams last played back in August of 2021 by a conclusive 7-1. In that contest, Kettering amassed a halftime lead of 4-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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