Mountain Ridge has gone 8-1-1 against Fort Hill recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Mountain Ridge Miners are taking a road trip to take on the Fort Hill Sentinels at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Mountain Ridge has ten straight wins, Fort Hill has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the pitch.
Mountain Ridge gave up the first goal last Monday, but they didn't let that get them down. They had just enough and edged Allegany out 2-1. Given the Miners' advantage in MaxPreps' Maryland soccer rankings (they are ranked tenth, while the Campers are ranked 102nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Elijah Cooper was the driving force of Mountain Ridge's attack as he scored both of Mountain Ridge's goals, bringing his season total up to 12 goals.
Meanwhile, Fort Hill didn't have quite enough to beat Allegany on Thursday and fell 4-3. That's two games in a row now that the Sentinels have lost by just one goal.
Mountain Ridge's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 10-0. As for Fort Hill, they now have a losing record at 4-5-1.
Everything went Mountain Ridge's way against Fort Hill in their previous meeting back in September, as Mountain Ridge made off with a 5-0 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Mountain Ridge 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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