Soccer Game Preview: Heath Hits the Road

By Team Reports Sep 5, 2024, 2:50am

Soccer Preview: Heath vs. Buckeye Valley

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Heath is 0-4 against Buckeye Valley since August of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Heath Bulldogs will head out on the road to challenge the Buckeye Valley Barons at 11:00 a.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Heath is headed into Saturday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Wednesday. They lost 7-3 to Northridge.

Heath hit Northridge with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from Ava Barrick, Hailey Cash, and Emma Roush.

Meanwhile, Buckeye Valley entered their contest against Worthington Christian on Wednesday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Buckeye Valley came up short against Worthington Christian, falling 3-0. While losing is never fun, the Barons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 192nd, while the Warriors are ranked 36th).

Heath's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Buckeye Valley, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 3-2.

Heath suffered a grim 4-0 defeat to Buckeye Valley in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. Can Heath avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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