The Athens Red Hawks will head out to face off against the Troy Colts at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.
Athens is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Michigan's top teams: Traverse City West, who was ranked 24th at the time (Athens was ranked seventh). The Red Hawks fell just short of the Titans by a score of 1-0 on Saturday. The shutout was out of character for Athens seeing as the last time the team failed to score was back in April.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Troy, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Saturday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 2-1 victory over Oxford on Tuesday.
Troy pushed their record up to 7-2-2 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Athens, their defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-2-2.
Athens suffered a grim 4-1 defeat to Troy in their previous matchup back in May of 2024. Can the Red Hawks avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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