Soccer Preview: Champion vs. Jackson-Milton
Champion is on a nine-game streak of home wins, while Jackson-Milton is on a five-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Champion Golden Flashes will host the Jackson-Milton Bluejays at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Champion will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more goals each contest than the last.
Last Saturday, Champion got the win against Newton Falls by a conclusive 6-1. The Golden Flashes might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won 11 matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Newton Falls with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jacob Hall (3),
Hunter Maylone (2), and
Dante Deuley.
Meanwhile, it may have taken extra minutes to finish the job, but Jackson-Milton ultimately got the result they hoped for last Wednesday. Their defense stepped up to hand Southeast a 1-0 shutout. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Bluejays were the better team in the second half.
Champion's victory bumped their record up to 14-2-2. As for Jackson-Milton, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-2-3 record this season.
Champion beat Jackson-Milton 2-0 in their previous matchup on October 2nd. Will Champion repeat their success, or does Jackson-Milton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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