The Van Buren Black Knights will take on the Riverdale Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Riverdale better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Van Buren really get things going. Van Buren's defense stepped up to hand Cory-Rawson a 3-0 shutout on Wednesday. Winning may never get old, but the Black Knights sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, Riverdale won against Crestview last Monday with seven goals and they decided to stick to that goal total again on Thursday. Everything went Riverdale's way against Ada as Riverdale made off with a 7-0 win. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 304th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Riverdale's offense was hitting Ada from everywhere, as five different players booted in a goal.
Mariah Bonham led that balanced group of strikers and accounted for two goals all by herself.
Van Buren now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Riverdale, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-2 record this season.
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