The Richlands Blue Tornado will head out on the road to face off against the Marion Scarlet Hurricanes at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Richlands has now lost nine straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since March 21.
Richlands is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Virginia High on Friday. Richlands fell just short of Virginia High by a score of 3-2. While losing is never fun, Richlands can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 255th, while Virginia High is ranked 120th).
Meanwhile, after a string of four wins, Marion's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They lost 6-2 to Graham. Marion has struggled against Graham recently, as their game on Thursday was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Richlands' record now sits at 1-12. As for Marion, their record now sits at 6-3-3.
Richlands suffered a grim 5-1 defeat to Marion when the teams last played back in April. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Richlands was down 4-1.
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