Soccer Preview: John Glenn vs. Zanesville
The John Glenn Little Muskies will square off against the Zanesville Blue Devils at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as John Glenn comes in on three and Zanesville on four.
John Glenn's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Tri-Valley by a score of 2-0. Given the Little Muskies' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 135th, while the Scotties are ranked 303rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
William Nicolozakes was the driving force of John Glenn's attack as he scored both of John Glenn's goals, bringing his season total up to 34 goals.
Meanwhile, it was close, but on Tuesday Zanesville sidestepped New Philadelphia for a 1-0 victory. Give the Blue Devils' defense some credit: that's the team's third straight shutout.
John Glenn is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3-1 record this season. As for Zanesville, their win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 8-9-1.
John Glenn came out on top in a nail-biter against Zanesville in their previous meeting back in September, sneaking past 1-0. Does John Glenn have another victory up their sleeve, or will Zanesville turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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