On Thursday Harrison will have to hit the road after four straight games at home. They will venture away from home to square off against the Mt. Healthy Fighting Owls at 5:00 p.m. Harrison is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 5.4 goals per game this season.
Harrison's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They blew past West Clermont 6-0. Considering the Wildcats have won nine matches by more than three goals this season, Saturday's blowout was nothing new.
Their offense was hitting West Clermont from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Gaven Johnson led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by himself.
Meanwhile, Mt. Healthy fell victim to Taylor and their airtight defense on Saturday. They lost 13-0 to the Yellowjackets. While losing is never fun, the Fighting Owls can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 451st, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 187th).
Harrison's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-0-1. As for Mt. Healthy, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-8-2.
Everything went Harrison's way against Mt. Healthy in their previous matchup on September 9th, as Harrison made off with a 9-0 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Harrison since the team won't have the home-pitch advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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