Soccer Preview: Waverly vs. Bennington
The Waverly Vikings will be playing in front of their home fans against the Bennington Badgers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Waverly will be hoping to continue their four-game streak of scoring more goals each game than the last.
Waverly is headed into the contest fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Aurora an 8-0 shutout on Saturday. Give Waverly's defense some credit: that's the team's fourth straight shutout.
Their offense was hitting Aurora from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Piper Morehead led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Bennington faced Blair in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Thursday. Bennington won by a goal and slipped past Blair 2-1.
Waverly's victory bumped their record up to 6-7. As for Bennington, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Waverly might still be hurting after the 4-0 loss they got from Bennington when the teams last played back in April of 2023. Will Waverly have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other soccer content.
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