Soccer Preview: Marion vs. Valley View
Marion is 0-7 against Valley View since March of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Marion Patriots will head out on the road to take on the Valley View Blazers at 5:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Marion can now show off four landslide victories after their most recent contest last Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 7-2 margin over West Memphis. The victory was just what Marion needed coming off of a 5-0 loss in their prior match.
Meanwhile, Valley View had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9 goals), and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. Everything went their way against the Rams as they made off with a 5-1 win. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 3-0.
Valley View hit Paragould with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Riley Speer (2),
Leslie Ramirez (2), and
Elizabeth Becklund.
The victory got Marion back to even at 5-5. As for Valley View, their win bumped their record up to 5-6.
Marion might still be hurting after the 8-0 defeat they got from Valley View in their previous matchup back in April of 2023. Can Marion avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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