West Branch is 3-0 against Columbiana since September of 2022, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The West Branch Warriors will be staying on the road to face off against the Columbiana Clippers at 5:00 p.m. West Branch is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 3.4 goals per game this season.
West Branch is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Marlington just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. Neither they nor the Dukes could gain the upper hand so the two teams had to settle for a 1-1 draw. The result kept the Warriors happy, as they haven't lost a game since August 20th.
Their goal came courtesy of
Gavin Clemens, who's now up to eight this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Columbiana). They never let Mathews onto the board and left with a 12-0 victory on Monday. Given the Clippers' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while the Mustangs are ranked 494th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
West Branch's draw gives them a new season record of 4-1-2. As for Columbiana, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-3.
Everything went West Branch's way against Columbiana when the teams last played back in September of 2023 as West Branch made off with a 6-1 victory. In that game, West Branch amassed a halftime lead of 4-1, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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