The East Grand Rapids Pioneers will head out to challenge the Forest Hills Central Rangers at 6:45 p.m. on Wednesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Monday, East Grand Rapids made easy work of Forest Hills Eastern and carried off a 4-1 win. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan soccer rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Hawks are ranked 227th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Forest Hills Central waltzed into their game on Monday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They came out on top against the Eagles by a score of 3-1. That's two games straight that the Rangers have won by exactly two goals.
Andrew Moeller and
Micah Scholtens scored all three of Forest Hills Central's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 18 goals.
East Grand Rapids has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-6 record this season. As for Forest Hills Central, their victory bumped their record up to 8-4-2.
East Grand Rapids came out on top in a nail-biter against Forest Hills Central when the teams last played on September 3rd, sneaking past 2-1. The rematch might be a little tougher for East Grand Rapids 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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