The Point Pleasant Big Blacks will head out to square off against the Hurricane Redskins at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Point Pleasant is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of West Virginia's top teams: Huntington, who was ranked fourth in their home state at the time (Point Pleasant was ranked 24th). Point Pleasant came up short against Huntington on Tuesday, falling 4-0. The matchup was a 0-0 toss-up at halftime, but the Big Blacks couldn't quite close it out.
Meanwhile, Hurricane hasn't lost a match yet, a trend which continued in their latest game on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 6-1 margin over Parkersburg South. The Redskins might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won nine matches by three goals or more this season.
They hit Parkersburg South with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Jack Willis (2),
Kellon Schmidt (2),
Gavin Vance, and
Connor Jackson.
Point Pleasant now has a losing record at 7-8-1. As for Hurricane, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-0-3 record this season.
Point Pleasant came up short against Hurricane when the teams last played back in September of 2022, falling 2-0. Can Point Pleasant avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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