Soccer Preview: Highland vs. Canfield
The Highland Hornets's homestand will continue as they prepare to take on the Canfield Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both are strolling into their games after big wins in their previous games.
Highland's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Wednesday. They blew past St. Vincent-St. Mary 3-0. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 51st, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 448th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Canfield entered their tilt with Ellet on Wednesday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They were the clear victor by an 8-0 margin over the Orangemen. Considering the Cardinals have won seven matches by more than two goals this season, Wednesday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting Ellet from everywhere, as six different players booted in a goal.
Adam Ghossain led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Highland has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which lines up perfectly with their 12-3-3 record this season. As for Canfield, their victory bumped their record up to 11-2-4.
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