Soccer Preview: Girard vs. Hubbard
Girard hasn't had much luck against Hubbard recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Girard Indians will be staying on the road to face off against the Hubbard Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, everything went Girard's way against South Range as Girard made off with a 6-2 victory. With the Indians ahead 6-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Meanwhile, Hubbard had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 4 goals) and they went ahead and made it six on Thursday. They never let the Raiders onto the board and left with a 9-0 win. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Raiders are ranked 412th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Girard's victory bumped their record up to 6-4-1. As for Hubbard, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-3-2.
Girard might still be hurting after the 4-1 loss they got from Hubbard in their previous meeting on September 12th. Can Girard avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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