The Marlington Dukes will face off against the Sandy Valley Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Considering both teams were shutout in their prior games, the pair is probably coming into this one with something to prove.
Marlington managed to keep up with Alliance until halftime on Wednesday, but things quickly went downhill from there. The Dukes came up short against the Aviators, falling 5-0. Marlington haven't had much luck with Alliance recently, as the team has come up short the last three times they've met.
Meanwhile, Monday just wasn't the day for Sandy Valley's offense. They lost 7-0 to Beaver Local on Monday. While losing is never fun, Sandy Valley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 432nd, while Beaver Local are ranked 102nd).
Marlington's defeat dropped their record down to 4-8-2. As for Sandy Valley, their loss dropped their record down to 5-7-1.
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