Minford is 10-0 against Northwest since September of 2019, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Minford Falcons will look to defend their home pitch against the Northwest Mohawks at 5:00 p.m. The timing is sure in Minford's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Northwest has been banged up by three consecutive losses on the road.
Minford is headed in fresh off scoring the most goals they have all season. Their defense stepped up to hand Rock Hill an 11-0 shutout on Monday. The Falcons might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five matches by four goals or more this season.
Their offense was hitting Rock Hill from everywhere, as seven different players booted in a goal.
Ava Cronin led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for three goals all by herself.
Meanwhile, Northwest fell victim to Valley and their airtight defense on Tuesday. They came up short against the Indians, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, the Mohawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 470th, while the Indians are ranked 206th).
Minford's win bumped their record up to 7-1. As for Northwest, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7-1.
Everything went Minford's way against Northwest in their previous matchup back in August as Minford made off with an 8-0 victory. Will Minford repeat their success, or does Northwest have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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