The Russell Red Devils will take on the Boyd County Lions at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped with close wins against their previous opponents.
Last Saturday, Russell had just enough and edged Spring Valley out 3-2. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Red Devils.
They hit Spring Valley with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Trey Evans,
Ben Totten, and
Gunnar Hignite.
Meanwhile, Boyd County had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 3.7 goals) and they went ahead and made it four on Monday. Their defense stepped up to hand the Tomcats a 1-0 shutout.
Russell's win bumped their record up to 10-8. As for Boyd County, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season.
Russell skirted past Boyd County 2-1 in their previous matchup back in September. Will Russell repeat their success, or does Boyd County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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