The Perkins Pirates have the luxury of staying home for another game and will welcome the Elyria Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. One thing working in Perkins' favor is that they have posted at least four goals in their last four games.
On Saturday, Perkins got the win against River Valley by a conclusive 6-1. The result was nothing new for the Pirates, who have now won four contests by five goals or more so far this season.
They hit River Valley with a four-pronged attack, as the team got scores from
Mateusz Dixon (2),
Kaden Camp (2), and
Titus Normington-Slay.
Meanwhile, Elyria fell victim to North Ridgeville and their airtight defense on Wednesday. They lost 8-0 to the Rangers. While losing is never fun, the Pioneers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio soccer rankings (they are ranked 439th, while the Rangers are ranked 41st).
Perkins is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 5-2-1 record this season. As for Elyria, their defeat was their fourth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 1-6.
Perkins came out on top in a nail-biter against Elyria in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, sneaking past 4-3. Will Perkins repeat their success, or does Elyria have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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