The Lordstown Red Devils are on the road again on Thursday to play the Pymatuning Valley Lakers at 5:00 p.m. Neither team made it on the board the last time they hit the pitch, so they've probably got a bit of extra motivation.
Lordstown's offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Badger last Monday. They lost 9-0 to the Braves. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 521st, while the Braves are ranked 229th).
Meanwhile, while it was all tied up 1-1 at halftime, Pymatuning Valley was not quite Edgewood's equal in the second half two weeks ago. They came up short against the Warriors, falling 5-1. The Lakers have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Lordstown's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Pymatuning Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-2.
Lordstown might still be hurting after the 8-1 loss they got from Pymatuning Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Lordstown was down 4-0.
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