Soccer Preview: Kalida vs. Bluffton
Kalida and Bluffton are an even 4-4-2 against one another since October of 2015, but likely not for long. The Kalida Wildcats will play host again on Thursday to welcome the Bluffton Pirates, where kickoff is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Kalida will be strutting in after a victory while Bluffton will be coming in after a loss.
If Bluffton heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Kalida took over last week. Kalida came out on top against Kenton by a score of 3-1 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that Kalida has won by exactly two goals.
They hit Kenton with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Braylon Smith,
Cody Recker, and
Logan Kerner.
Meanwhile, Bluffton's game on Monday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of Celina by a score of 2-1. That's two games in a row now that the Pirates have lost by just one goal.
Kalida is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-3-2 record this season. As for Bluffton, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 8-8.
Kalida beat Bluffton by a goal when the teams last played back in October of 2023, winning 4-3. Will Kalida repeat their success, or does Bluffton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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