Soccer Preview: Huntington vs. Hoover
The Huntington Highlanders will head out on the road to take on the Hoover Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Huntington is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.3 goals per game this season.
Huntington is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Winfield, who was ranked tenth in their home state at the time (Huntington was ranked 23rd). Huntington fell just short of Winfield by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. The match was a 1-1 toss-up at halftime, but the Highlanders couldn't quite close it out.
Their goal came courtesy of
Quincy Orwig, who's now up to 12 this season.
Meanwhile, for the first time since back in September, Hoover was forced to settle for a draw on Saturday. They and Ripley finished up their contest with a 2-2 draw.
Huntington's loss dropped their record down to 9-8-2. Hoover's draw gives them a new season record of 9-4-2.
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