The Richlands Blue Tornado will square off against the Marion Scarlet Hurricanes at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. Richlands' offense has struggled lately (the team hasn't scored more than a single goal for four straight games), a trend the team is no doubt ready to end.
Last Thursday, Richlands didn't have quite enough to beat Virginia High and fell 2-1.
The Blue Tornado's goal came courtesy of Casey Addison, who's now up to nine this season.
Meanwhile, after soaring to seven goals the game before, Marion was a bit more limited in their matchup on Wednesday. They came up short against Graham, falling 4-0. While losing is never fun, Marion can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Virginia soccer rankings (they are ranked 232nd, while Graham are ranked 66th).
Richlands' defeat dropped their record down to 4-10. As for Marion, they now have a losing record of 6-7.
Richlands took their win against Marion in their previous matchup back in April by a conclusive 4-1 score. In that contest, the Blue Tornado amassed a halftime lead of 4-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.
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