The Hudson Explorers have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Shaker Heights Red Raiders at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday.
Hudson's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed two weeks ago. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Green 1-0. Given the Explorers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked second, while the Bulldogs are ranked 79th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Shaker Heights and Lakewood met for a duel on Monday where Shaker Heights came out on top. Shaker Heights took their contest against Lakewood 3-1. That's two games straight that the Red Raiders have won by exactly two goals.
Hudson pushed their record up to 14-2 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. As for Shaker Heights, their win ended a four-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-13-1.
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