Soccer Preview: Forest Hills Central vs. Ottawa Hills
Forest Hills Central is 9-0 against Ottawa Hills since September of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Wednesday. The Forest Hills Central Rangers will head out to take on the Ottawa Hills Bengals at 5:45 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Forest Hills Central has six straight victories, Ottawa Hills has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Ottawa Hills better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Forest Hills Central really get things going. Forest Hills Central put the hurt on Forest Hills Eastern with a sharp 6-1 win on Monday. The Rangers might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five contests by three goals or more this season.
They hit Forest Hills Eastern with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Andrew Moeller (4),
Elijah Lipke, and
Jack Fielder.
Meanwhile, Ottawa Hills fell victim to Catholic Central and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They came up short against the Cougars, falling 5-0. While losing is never fun, the Bengals can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 327th, while the Cougars are ranked 115th).
Forest Hills Central pushed their record up to 10-4-2 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Ottawa Hills, their loss dropped their record down to 3-12.
Everything went Forest Hills Central's way against Ottawa Hills in their previous matchup back in September, as Forest Hills Central made off with a 6-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Forest Hills Central since the squad won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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