St. Clairsville has enjoyed the comforts of home their last four games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will head out to face off against the John Marshall Monarchs at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. St. Clairsville's offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for three straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
St. Clairsville's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Tuesday. They skirted past Oak Glen 1-0. The score was all tied up 0-0 at the break, but the Red Devils were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 0-0 at halftime, John Marshall was not quite Indian Creek's equal in the second half on Monday. They fell just short of the Redskins by a score of 1-0. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Monarchs came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' soccer rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 45th in West Virginia, while the Redskins are ranked 498th in Ohio).
St. Clairsville is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4-1 record this season. As for John Marshall, their defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-9.
Everything went St. Clairsville's way against John Marshall when the teams last played back in August of 2023, as St. Clairsville made off with a 3-0 victory. Does St. Clairsville have another victory up their sleeve, or will John Marshall turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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