Soccer Game Preview: Ironton Heads Out

By Team Reports Sep 11, 2024, 12:32pm

Soccer Preview: Ironton vs. Chesapeake

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The Ironton Fighting Tigers will head out to face off against the Chesapeake Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

Ironton is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Thursday, they were much more limited against Gallia Academy on Saturday. They lost 8-0 to the Blue Devils. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 456th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 89th).

Meanwhile, Chesapeake came up short against Gallia Academy on Tuesday, falling 5-2.

Ironton's loss dropped their record down to 2-4. As for Chesapeake, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-2-1.

Ironton might still be hurting after the 7-1 loss they got from Chesapeake in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Ironton avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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