Licking Heights hasn't had much luck against Watkins Memorial recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Licking Heights Hornets will venture away from home to take on the Watkins Memorial Warriors at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
If Watkins Memorial heads into halftime all tied up, they better play a good second half: that's when Licking Heights took over last week. Licking Heights came out on top in a nail-biter against Johnstown-Monroe on Thursday, sneaking past 2-1.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Watkins Memorial). Their defense stepped up to hand Lakewood a 9-0 shutout on Thursday. With that victory, the Warriors brought their scoring average up to 3 goals per game.
Their offense was hitting Lakewood from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Rojan Poudel led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by himself.
The win got Licking Heights back to even at 3-3. As for Watkins Memorial, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 3-2-1.
Licking Heights suffered a grim 3-0 defeat to Watkins Memorial when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Licking Heights avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
