The Jackson-Milton Bluejays will head out to take on the Garfield G-Men at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Jackson-Milton has three straight victories, Garfield has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Jackson-Milton's defense heads into the game hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Monday. They won by a goal and slipped past Brookfield 1-0. Nolan McCabe had the honor of scoring the game-winner for the Bluejays.
Meanwhile, Garfield fell victim to Rootstown and their airtight defense on Thursday. They came up short against the Rovers, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the G-Men can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 575th, while the Rovers are ranked 260th).
Jackson-Milton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-1-3 record this season. As for Garfield, their loss dropped their record down to 1-8-1.
Jackson-Milton came out on top in a nail-biter against Garfield in their previous matchup back in October of 2023, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for Jackson-Milton 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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