The Norwalk Truckers will take on the Oak Harbor Rockets at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Norwalk is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to ten goals on Monday, they were much more limited against Perkins on Wednesday. They fell 2-0 to the Pirates. The defeat continues a trend for the Truckers in their matchups with the Pirates: they've now lost three in a row.
Meanwhile, Oak Harbor entered their tilt with Eastwood on Wednesday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They walked away with a 4-2 win over the Eagles. Given the Rockets' advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 233rd, while the Eagles are ranked 517th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Oak Harbor hit Eastwood with a three-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Noah Clapsaddle (2),
Owen Gradel, and
Fulton Krupp.
Norwalk's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-4-2. As for Oak Harbor, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season.
Norwalk took their victory against Oak Harbor in their previous matchup back in October of 2023 by a conclusive 7-0. Will Norwalk repeat their success, or does Oak Harbor have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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