Soccer Preview: Clear Fork vs. Lexington
The Clear Fork Colts will face off against the Lexington Minutemen at 6:45 p.m. on Saturday. Clear Fork is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 4.3 goals per game this season.
Clear Fork will roll into the matchup after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up one goal on Saturday, then bounced right back against Marion Harding on Monday. Clear Fork never let Marion Harding onto the board and left with a 9-0 victory. It was an even better day for Melodie Blubaugh as she scored three goals for her team.
Meanwhile, Lexington lost 8-1 to Archbishop Hoban on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Minutemen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 142nd, while the Knights are ranked 35th).
Clear Fork is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3-2 record this season. As for Lexington, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-4-1.
Clear Fork beat Lexington 2-0 when the teams last played back in August of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Clear Fork since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
