Soccer Preview: Mt. Healthy vs. Northwest
Mt. Healthy is 0-10 against Northwest since October of 2018 but things could change on Thursday. The Mt. Healthy Fighting Owls will be playing at home against the Northwest Knights at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Mt. Healthy is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. They were the clear victor by a 6-3 margin over Purcell Marian on Tuesday. The Fighting Owls might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by three goals or more this season.
Meanwhile, Northwest entered their tilt with Colerain on Tuesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They beat the Cardinals by a goal, winning 5-4. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 156th, while the Cardinals are ranked 430th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mt. Healthy's win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 3-6-1. As for Northwest, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which somehow isn't as good as their 6-1-1 record this season.
Mt. Healthy suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Northwest when the teams last played back in October of 2023. Can Mt. Healthy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
