The Pleasant Spartans will head out on the road to face off against the River Valley Vikings at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Pleasant is no doubt hoping to put an end to a three-game streak of away losses.
Pleasant is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to four goals on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Ontario on Wednesday. They lost 10-0 to the Warriors. While losing is never fun, the Spartans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 506th, while the Warriors are ranked 187th).
Meanwhile, River Valley's game on Tuesday was all tied up 1-1 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They had just enough and edged Madison Christian out 2-1. That's two games straight that the Vikings have won by just one goal.
Riley Hummel and
Landyn Wheeler scored both of River Valley's goals, bringing their combined season tally to five goals.
Pleasant's loss dropped their record down to 2-6-2. As for River Valley, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Pleasant might still be hurting after the 13-0 defeat they got from River Valley in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Pleasant avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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